The Tonopah-Dividend Mining Company Property is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.00361, -117.24361
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Tonopah-Dividend Mining Company Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah-Dividend Mining Company Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide (Gold Mountain) District 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tonopah-Dividend Mining Co.; E. P. Cullinan In Tonopah, Superintendent
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIVIDE EXTENSION VEIN INTERSECTS AN E-W VEIN TO FORM A LARGE FRACTURED AREA OF RICH ORE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS 850 FT AND 400 FT DEEP; TRENCHING DONE IN 1919. CROSSCUTS ON 300 FT AND 500 FT LEVELS
Comment (Location): 85 ACRES ADJOINING THE BROUGHER DIVIDE MINE ON THE NORTH. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1923
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128.
Reference (Deposit): WEE, W.H., ED., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV. P. 1164
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.
