The Todd Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Todd Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Todd Mine
Secondary: Luning Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Luning Gold Mining Syndicate
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NOGAL VEIN, NORTHERN VEIN, STRIKES N 60E, DIPS 70SE, RANGES FROM 4 INCHES TO 2 FEET THICK AND HAS A THIN PARTING ON THE HANGING-WALL SIDE BUT IS FROZEN TO THE FOOTWALL. THE ORE IN THIS VEIN IS LARGELY IRON- AND COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ CONTAINING CERUSSITE, GALENA, AND TETRAHEDRITE. THE NOGAL VEIN IS IN GRANITIC ROCK. THE RED VEIN, ONE-FOURTH MILE SOUTH OF THE NOGAL VEIN, IS AN IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT IN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE. THE LENSES OF ORE OCCUR IN A FRACTURE ZONE AND STRIKES N40W, DIPS 50SW. ORE IS IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CARRYING $10 TO $40/TON IN AG AND AU.
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF TODD MTN.; ESTIMATED UTM LOCATION ESTIMATED.
Comment (Workings): 150-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON NOGAL VEIN. 100-FOOT INCLINE SHAFT AND ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ON RED VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI. BULL V. 14, NO. 1
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.
