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Zorro Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046625
MRDS ID M241815
Record type Site
Current site name Zorro Group
Alternate or previous names Zorro No. 1-6, Zorro Fraction, Dodge Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91647, 38.12772 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hannapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 003N 045E 10,15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF MCKINNEY TANKS, 18 MILES E OF TONOPAH. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91647, 38.12772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Le Duke
    First year 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, AND SEVERAL 5-8 FT. DEEP CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON ZORRO GROUP, HANNAPAH MINING DISTRICT, NYE CO. NV: NBMG FILE 232 ITEM 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SMALL QUARTZ SEAMS IN RHYOLITE, AND IN PLACES IN A WHITE TALL ALONG FAULT ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 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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