Torix Claim

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097308
MRDS ID M243073
Record type Site
Current site name Torix Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2104, 39.1713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 033E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3808 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.2% TI, 300 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 50 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2104, 39.1713

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 70 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Taylor And Sandra Torix
    Home office 308 N. Sherman, Okmulgee, Ok, 7447
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • CURRENT CLAIM LOCATED 4/6/82, ASSESSMENT CURRENT. RECENT STAKING AND SAMPLING IN AREA BY TENNECO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL CO. RECORDER, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N-S VEIN SYSTEM; SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A N 35 E, 70 SE VEIN CONSISTING OF HIGHLY ALTERED RHYOLITE AND SILICIFIED WELDED TUFF. MINOR MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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