USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Turo Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 4 mapped shafts 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Contact (48)
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures Deposit: Vein this mine is located on the lincoln claim in the hanks group of claims. It is on the Hanks vein which lies conformably in vertical limestone. This vein is 12 ft. wide, and is o…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 5 adit symbols
- Shaft : Blanchard Mtn. , 1968
- Shaft : Blanchard Mtn. , 1968
- Adit : Blanchard Mtn. , 1968
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Copper
- commodity:Copper
- Diorite
- Limestone
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428411
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Documented adit evidence