Tuscarora Associates Plant

Plant in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271199
MAS/MILS ID 0320079017
Record type Site
Current site name Tuscarora Associates Plant
Alternate or previous names Tuscarora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.23153, 41.3207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 051 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.23153, 41.3207

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1979
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fischer-Watt Gold Co., Inc.
    Interest 15
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fischerwatt-Pecos Resources
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984
    First year 1984
    Last year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tuscarora Associates
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979
    First year 1979
    Last year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 100, 101.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1980, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1979, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984, P. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MAS SEQ# 0320070968 FOR DETAILS ON THE TUSCARORA MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.