The Leadville Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.09889, -119.40278
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Leadville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leadville Mine
Secondary: Tohoqua Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Leadville District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENSES, STRINGERS, DISSEMINATIONS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne And Wnw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Over At Least 2 Sq. Miles
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 32.5 TO 55.5% PB AND 9.6 TO 20.1 % ZN.
Analytical Data: 140 TO 203 OZ.TON AG
Analytical Data: ORE RANGED FROM .01 TO .02 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL, 1910 TO 1966: 135 OZ AU; 1337423 OZ. AG; 197,788 LB. CU; 4909847 LB. PB.; 101141 LB. ZN; FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF $1361089. THESE PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, BUT NEARLY ALL PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE LEADVILLE MINE, WITH THE MOST PRODUCTIVE YEARS FROM 1920 TO 1925.
Comment (Location): N SIDE LEADVILLE CANYON +/- 600 M.
Comment (Development): TOHOQUA MINING CO. OPERATED 1910-1918; LEADVILLE MINING CO, 1920-1925 LESSEES PRODUCED ORE, 1926-1928. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS. ORE RANGED FROM .01-.02 OZ/TON AU; 140-203 OZ/TON AG; 32.5-55.5% PB; 9.6-20.1% ZN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, RAISES, ETC
Comment (Geology): 2 VEINS: THE LEADVILLE (FROM WHICH MOST ALL PRODUCTION HAS COME) AND THE PARALLEL SWINGLE VEIN TO THE S. SOUTH; ORE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS IRREGULAR LENSES STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF ORE MINERALS & GANGUE REPLACING GOUGEY, BRECCIATED ANDESITE AND DACITE PORPHYRY. DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF PB AND ZN OCCUR IN THE WALLROCK ADJACENT TO THE VEIN. MAIN OREBODY AVERAGED 3-4 FT. WIDE AND EXTENDED 900 FT. ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Deposit): JOHN HARMON ACQUIRED THE LEADVILLE MINE PRIOR TO 1909 AND FORMED THE TOHOQUA MINING CO., WHICH DEVELOPED AND OPERATED THE MINE FROM 1910 TO 1918, WITH ORE PROCESSED AT THE 60 TPD GRAVITY-CONCENTRATION MILL. THE LEADVILLE MINING CO. WAS FORMED IN 1920 UNDER NEW OWNER A. A. COOD, WHO RAN THE MINE FROM 1920 TO 1925, WHEN THE MILL BURNED DOWN. LESSEES SHIPPED HIGH-GRADE ORE FROM 1926 TO 1928 WHEN A FIRE FORCED CLOSURE OF THE MINE. BURGESS RECOMMENDS FURTHER EXPLORATION FOR CONTINUATION OF THE VEIN WHICH WAS NEVER MINED OUT. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED GENL CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY 10,700 FT OF DRIFTS, 1110 FT OF SHAFTS WITH NUMEROUS RAISES, ETC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): BONHAM, H., 1969
Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H. W., 1917, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Deposit): BURGESS, J. A., 1926, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 70
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
