The Montana - Tonopah Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,184 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,184 Feet (1,885 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.07194, -117.22500
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Montana - Tonopah Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana - Tonopah Mining Co.
Secondary: Montana - Tonopah Shaft
Secondary: Silvertop Shaft
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Mizpah Fault (Striking N55w, Dipping 29 Ne)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BANDED, CRUSTIFIED VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): RHODOCHROSITE (RARELY, IN CREVICES IN QUARTZ.
Comment (Development): 40-STAMP MILL WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1906, OPENED IN 1907
Comment (Deposit): MIZPAH VEIN, MONTANA VEIN, MACDONALD VEIN ODDIE-EGAN GROUP
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 462 FT MONTANA-TONOPAH SHAFT
References
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 168-176
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF THE TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
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.
