| Deposit ID | 10045467 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233214 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Todd Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Luning Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15595, 38.57936 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 5 MI. NE OF LUNING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 034E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning |
| Rock description | Luning |
| (1) | -118.15595, 38.57936 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Luning Gold Mining Syndicate |
| First year | 1915 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233214 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI. BULL V. 14, NO. 1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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