The Toro Claims is a gold and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Toro Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Toro Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Danville District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Dome Exploration, Ltd (U. S)
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN VICINITY OF GREEN MONSTER CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): 5 OR 6 SMALL PROSPECT PITS; DRILL ROADS, SEVERAL DRILL HOLES
Comment (Deposit): STIBNITE, BARITE AND FINELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ AS BRECCIA FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS, ASSOCIATED WITH SILICIFIED (JASPEROID) BRECCIA ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 29 AUGUST, 1981
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.
