Telluride Mine

The Telluride Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,779 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Telluride Mine
Secondary: Part of Tom Reed Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco 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
Year Last Production: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Plug

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM GIVEN ARE FOR TELLURIDE NO. 4, ADDITIONAL WORKINGS EXTEND SE FROM THIS SHAFT.

Comment (Development): 13 CLAIMS; TELLURIDE, TELLURIDE NO. 1 TO 4, CONNECTING LIND NO. 1 AND 2, TELLURIUM FRACTION, BLUE RIDGE, BLUE RIDGE FRACTION, BLUE RIDGE NORTHWEST EXTENSION, LODESTONE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE TOM HODGES, MCCULLOCH, OATMAN ASSOCIATES MINING, QUINCY CRAIN, THOMAS SIDES, WELCH, HILLSIDE MINING AND MILLING, L.L. EDGERTON, TELLURIDE MINING, MILLING, AND DEVELOPMENT CO

Comment (Deposit): VEIN FOLLOWS SLIGHTLY SINUOUS PATH; CONNECTS WITH THE LUCKY BOY AND TOM REED VEINS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONNECT TO TOM REED MINE UNDERGROUND , 2 SHAFTS WITH 700 FT OR MORE OF DRIFTING

Comment (Deposit): SEE RECORD M004499 (TOM REED MINE) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 108.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901 , P. 7 , 38

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 38.

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