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Toro Blanco Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044302
MRDS ID M231699
Record type Site
Current site name Toro Blanco Mine
Related records 10295622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06314, 38.5391 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position EAST SLOPE OF APRIL FOOL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Morning Glory Limestone
    Rock description Morning Glory Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06314, 38.5391
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Is Sharply Folded On The Se Side Of April Fool Hill.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME RICH ORE MINED FROM NEAR-SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TUNNELS, INCLINE SHAFT, AND SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 156

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF LITTLE QUARTZ VEINLETS WHICH WIDEN TO SMALL SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN THE LIMESTONE IN PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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