The Turo Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.68111, -114.70639
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Turo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Workings): 80-FT. SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON THE LINCOLN CLAIM IN THE HANKS GROUP OF CLAIMS. IT IS ON THE HANKS VEIN WHICH LIES CONFORMABLY IN VERTICAL LIMESTONE. THIS VEIN IS 12 FT. WIDE, AND IS OPENED BY AN 80 FOOT SHAFT. ABOUT 60 TONS OF 12% CU ORE IS ON THE DUMP (SCHRADER, 1912, P 137-8). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 200 YARDS SW OF TURO-SHECKLES MINE
Comment (Development): ABOUT 60 TONS OF 12% CU ORE ARE ON THE DUMP
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
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.
