| Deposit ID | 10042544 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060367 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oro Fino Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rico Nevada Mine |
| Related records | 10150116 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.21486, 40.30573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1780 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 033E | 12 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.21486, 40.30573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| Strike | N50W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60NE |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Year of first production | 1879 |
| District name | Rochester District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060367 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFPERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762
VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD, UNIV.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1860'S |
| Deposit | THE GOLD-BEARING TOURMALINE-QUARTZ VEIN IS 3-5 FT WIDE. |
| Deposit | IN EARLY 1860'S TO 1880'S THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED AND DEVELOPED. IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE IN 1879 IT WAS STOPED FOR 200 FEET ALONG ITS STRIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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