The Oro Fino Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.30583, -118.21389
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Oro Fino Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Fino Mine
Secondary: Rico Nevada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 12; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): IN THE EARLY 1860'S-1880'S THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED AND DEVELOPED.
Comment (Deposit): THE GOLD-BEARING TOURMALINE-QUARTZ VEIN IS 3-5 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): STOPED FOR 200 FT ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Geology): THE GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ TOURMALINE VEIN RANGES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET IN WIDTH
Comment (Deposit): IN EARLY 1860'S TO 1880'S THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED AND DEVELOPED. IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE IN 1879 IT WAS STOPED FOR 200 FEET ALONG ITS STRIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD, UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFPERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
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.
