The La Tosca Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.38194, -118.18694
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La Tosca Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Tosca Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): AN ACTIVE PRODUCER OF GOLD-SILVER ORE MINED IN 1916. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): VEIN HAS A LIMESTONE HANGING WALL AND RHYOLITE FOOT WALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF RYE PATCH DISTRICT.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
