The Boston Tonopah Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,381 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,381 Feet (1,945 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.07833, -117.21694
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Boston Tonopah Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Tonopah Mining Co.
Secondary: Boston Tonopah Adit Wingfield Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): WINGFIELD TUNNEL WAS 160 FT LONG IN 1905, RUNNING N60E AND THE BOSTON TONOPAH SHAFT WAS 300 FT DEEP IN 1905.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 192
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.
