Tuscarora Assoc Plant

The Tuscarora Assoc Plant is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,089 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tuscarora Assoc Plant
Secondary: Tuscarora Gold Mines J.V.
Secondary: Dexter Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Tuscarora Assoc
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Homestake Canada Ltd

Owner Name: Horizon Gold Corp.

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITHIN HIGH-GRADE VEIN FILLINGS, BLANKET-LIKE QUARTZ STOCKWORK BODIES, AND PLACER DEPOSITS WITHIN UNCONSOLIDATED STREAM GRAVELS. DATA COMPILED FROM USBM FILES AND COMPAMY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 14,167 OZ AU IN 1989.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): REC 3 RESOURCE SOURCE UNKNOWN, TAKEN FROM ADIT (DELETED 09/96)

Comment (Deposit): OLD UG MINE (DEXTER) HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE OPEN PIT (TUSCA- RORA). OPERATIONS STOPPED MARCH 1990. SEE TUSCARORA MINE OPERATIONS SEQ #0320070968

References

Reference (Deposit): NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE OPEN PIT OF THE

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 152, 163-165.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, 1968, P. 175.

Reference (Deposit): TUSCARORA MINE.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 25, 1936, P. 32-34.

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.