The Turquoise Claim Group is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.90611, -117.20028
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Turquoise Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turquoise Claim Group
Secondary: Turquoise
Secondary: Oberland Limited
Secondary: Grand Prize
Secondary: Fair Play
Secondary: Fair Lay No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Yukon Divide Mining Co. Propperty
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Yukon Divide Mining Co . Inc.
Years: 1919 - 1922
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 90 ACRES ABOUT 2.2 AIRMILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.0 AIRMILES WEST OF NYE COUNTY LINE. UTMIS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK, WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARD FOR UP TO 300M. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P130-132
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1382
Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDIKE MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA CO., NV; UNR M.S. THESIS 351
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.
