The Tonopah Midway Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.0725, -117.23000
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Tonopah Midway Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah Midway Mining Co.
Secondary: Midway Shaft
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
Type: Underground
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mizpah Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS
Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 850 FT MIDWAY NO.1 SHAFT, THE 1,625 FT MIDWAY NO. 2 SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 179-181
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 TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149
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.
