Tonopah Divide Mine

The Tonopah Divide Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tonopah Divide Mine
Secondary: Falcon Exploration Mine and Mill

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide 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: Ebco Enterprises
Years: 1983 -

Owner Name: Ebco Enterprises, Stephen Eakle, General Manager
Home Office: P. O. Box 847, Tonopah, NV 89049
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: SHORT IRREGULAR SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE GOLD VEIN AVERAGED $18-$40 PER TON. THE SILVER ORE AVERAGED $27.60 PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Molybdite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1917; 1901

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT 1,445 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 165, 265, 365, 470, AND 580 FEET.OPEN PIT IS JUST SE OF OLD TONOPAH DIVIDE SHAFT.

Comment (Production): THE MINE ALSO PRODUCED IN 1920, AND 1921.

Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD-SILVER MINE AND MILL, HEAP LEACH, CRUSHING, SCREENING OPERATION IN 1983, EMPLOYING 35 WORKERS.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 2.

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, G.J., 1920, DIVIDE SILVER-GOLD DISTRICT OF NEVADA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 109, NO. 2, P. 62-66.

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

Reference (Production): KNOPF, 1921, P. 165; LINCOLN, 1923, P. 64

Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, J.A., 1919, THE DIVIDE DISTRICT: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURN., VOL. 107, NO. 20, P. 859-861.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1921, THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA, IN RANSOME, F.L., GALE, H.S., AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULL. 715, P. 165-167.

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.