Tuscarora Associates Plant

The Tuscarora Associates Plant is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Tuscarora Associates Plant  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.3208, -116.23060

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Tuscarora Associates Plant MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tuscarora Associates Plant
Secondary: Tuscarora Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko


Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Tuscarora Associates
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1979
Years: 1979 - 1983

Owner Name: Fischerwatt-Pecos Resources
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984
Years: 1984 - 1984

Owner Name: Fischer-Watt Gold Co., Inc.
Percent: 15.00
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1996


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1979
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE MAS SEQ# 0320070968 FOR DETAILS ON THE TUSCARORA MINE.


References

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1979, P. 16.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1980, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Ownership): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 100, 101.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.