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Toro Claims

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045700
MRDS ID M233496
Record type Site
Current site name Toro Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55979, 38.72799 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To Central Area Of Several Prospects

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green Monster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 048E . Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN VICINITY OF GREEN MONSTER CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearing, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dome Exploration, Ltd (U. S)
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 OR 6 SMALL PROSPECT PITS; DRILL ROADS, SEVERAL DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • DRILLING WAS IN PROGRESS (AIR-TRAC) 3 KM SW OF GREEN MONSTER CANYON IN AUG, 1981. 13 HOLES WERE BEING DRILLED NEAR SOUTH END OF THE AREA, OVER THE RIDGE INTO HEAD OF DRY CANYON. GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING HAD BEEN DONE RECENTLY. EXPLORATION POSSIBLY FOR BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 29 AUGUST, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE, BARITE AND FINELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ AS BRECCIA FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS, ASSOCIATED WITH SILICIFIED (JASPEROID) BRECCIA ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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