The Todd Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.57972, -118.15556
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Todd Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Todd Mine
Secondary: Luning Consolidated Gold Mine Nbmg # 3536
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Luning Gold Mining Syndicate
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): $20 - 40/TON GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Development): SOME OF THE WORKINGS ARE NEW BUT OLDER WORKINGS ARE BEFORE 1950'S. ; ECON.COM: SMALL
Comment (Geology): REFER TO RECORD NO. M035626 THE WORKINGS FOLLOWED A VUGGY COPPER IRON STAINED VEIN IN THE GRANITE. SOME NEWER WORK ON THE LOWER ADIT REVEALS NEW TIMBERING. THE OLD ORE BIN IS STILL IN PLACE BELOW THESE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): NOGAL VEIN: STRIKE N 60 E, DIP 70 SE, 4 INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK. RED VEIN: 1/4 MI. SOUTH OF NOGAL STRIKES N 40 W AND DIPS 50 SW SAMPLE 3536 WAS FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): DIPPING NOGEL VEIN RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 4 INCHES TO 2 FEET..
Comment (Workings): 150 FT. SHAFT, 550 FT. CROSSCUT - NOGAL, 100 FT. INCLINE SHAFT, STOPED AT 40 FT. LEVEL - RED
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-7-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
Reference (Production): F( 2 )
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV. USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PROD. ( 1859 - 1940 ) UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 27 , NO. 4
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.
