King Tonopah Mine

The King Tonopah Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,191 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: King Tonopah Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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

Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp.
Years: 1977 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Halifax Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz- Sericite-Adularia-Clay

Rocks

Name: Trachyte
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): THIS AREA WAS DRILLED BY CALUMET AND HECLA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. IN 1946 (8 HOLES TO 245-610 M.DEEP),AND GOLD AND SILVER WERE FOUND IN QUARTZ VEINS. THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED TO ASARCO IN 1950 AND 1951, WHO DRILLED 4 MORE HOLES A FEW HUNDRED METERS NORTH OF KING TONOPAH SHAFT, BUT LATER RELINQUISHED THE PROPERTY. IT WAS OPTIONED TO HOMESTAKE AND SUMMIT KING MINES IN 1951, WHO REHABILITATED THE KING TONOPAH SHAFT, DROVE A CROSSCUT NORTH, AND ENCOUNTERED THE VEIN. WORK IN 1953-1954 BLOCKED OUT 15000-20000 TONS ORE AVERAGING 30 OZ/T AG, 0.3 OZ/TON AU. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1958-1961. THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD IN 1969 TO SUMMA CORP., AND AGAIN TO HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS IN 1977.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT-300 FT DEEP IN 1905

References

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, APRIL 29, 1977.

Reference (Deposit): ELY DAILY TIMES, JAN. 7, 1977.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPT 33, P.119 (1979)

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 197-198

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, JAN 07, 1977; APRIL 21, 1977, SEPT 18, 1977.

Reference (Deposit): FALLON EAGLE STANDARD SEPT 15, 1977.

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.