The Tonopah Mining Co. is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,138 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,138 Feet (1,871 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.07083, -117.22694
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Tonopah Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah Mining Co.
Secondary: Mizpah Siebert Shaft
Secondary: Silver Top
Secondary: Red Plume
Secondary: Merger
Secondary: Sand Grass
Secondary: Golden Anchor
Secondary: Valley View Shafts.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
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: 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 (Strike Nw, Dip 35-45 Ne), Stone Cabin Fault, Sand Grass Fault, Mac Namara Fault, Silver Top Fault, Buried Fault Burro Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Ore Is Oxidized To A Depth Of Over 400 Feet.Silicification, Sericitization,
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: Electrum
Ore: Iodyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Embolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Turquoise
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS OF THE MIZPAH SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): MIZPAH VEIN IS A SHEETED ZONE
Comment (Development): THIS WAS BY FAR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPANY IN THE DISTRICT WITH A LARGE BLOCK OF THE RICHEST CLAIMS. IN 1968-1969HOWARD HUGHES' SUMMA CORP BOUGHT 1500 OF TONOPAH'S OLD MINING CLAIMS, INCLUDING SOME OF THESE. THEY WERE SOLD TO HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS IN MAY 1977. IN NOV 1981, IT WAS REPORTED THAT HOUSTON WAS TESTING THE OLD DUMPS OF THE MIZPAH MINE AND WOULD MILL 15000 TONS OF IT AT THEIR MANHATTAN MILL IN THE NEAR FUTUREE C30 SPHALERITE, GALENA, JAROSITE, MALACHITE
Comment (Workings): THE 1500-FT MIZPAH SHAFT, THE 640-FT GOLDEN ANCHOR SHAFT, THE 1500-FT SAND GRASS SHAFT THE 1171-FT TONOPAH MERGER SHAFT, THE RED PLUME SHAFT,SILVER TOP SHAFT,AND LEVEL WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1901 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, NOVEMBER 25 1981
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. 125-127
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
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.
