The Torix Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,161 Feet (1,573 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.17139, -118.20944
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Torix Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Torix Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3808
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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: Richard Taylor And Sandra Torix
Home Office: 308 N. Sherman, Okmulgee, Ok, 7447
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3808 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.2% TI, 300 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 50 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): CURRENT CLAIM LOCATED 4/6/82, ASSESSMENT CURRENT. RECENT STAKING AND SAMPLING IN AREA BY TENNECO
Comment (Deposit): N-S VEIN SYSTEM; SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A N 35 E, 70 SE VEIN CONSISTING OF HIGHLY ALTERED RHYOLITE AND SILICIFIED WELDED TUFF. MINOR MINERALIZATION
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL CO. RECORDER, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
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.
