Mine detail: Oro Fino Mine

Previously called 'Rico Nevada Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.30573, -118.21486

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Shear Zone

References

MRDSM060367
DEP10042544
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFPERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762}{Deposit:: VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD, UNIV.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)