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Telluride Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron, Tellurium, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044056
MRDS ID M231378
Record type Site
Current site name Telluride Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18289, 40.59407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 14 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF ROCKY CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetradymite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18289, 40.59407
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Golconda Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN 8-25 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer J. Hutchins
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dollar Mining Co., T. Kearns And Assocs.
    Last year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED BY J. HUTCHINS IN 1910. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND OPEN CUTS. IN 1911, THE PROPERTY WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE DOLLAR MINING CO. BY T. KEARNS & ASSOC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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