The Tonopah Tunnel is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tonopah Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah Tunnel
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1976
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Strontium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District; Red Mountain Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Pat Chiatovich
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Peak Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1976 OF ADIT AND DUMP MATERIAL WAS HIGH IN AG (500 PPM), BA, PB, ZN, CU, HG, SR WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SB AND W.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN SYSTEM CAN BE TRACED DIAGONALLY THROUGH SECTIONS 30 AND 19 AND ARE NW BUT PARALLEL TO THE MOHAWK VEIN. THIS PARTICULAR SET OF VEINS WERE MAPPED BY STEWART (1974) AS BEING INSIDE THE SILVER PEAK CALDERA. TONOPAH TUNNEL'S VEIN STRIKES N35E AND DIPS NEAR VERTICAL. IT MAY BE A NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE SAME VEIN THAT THE SILVER QUEEN SHAFT WAS SUNK ON. AT THE SURFACE, THE VEIN IS REDDISH-BROWN, GOSSAN-LIKE, HIGHLY SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED WITH PRISMATIC CRYSTALS OF BARITE UP TO 0.5 INCH LONG WITHIN THE MATRIX. BRECCIATION EXTENDS 5-6 FT INTO PORPHYRITIC LATITE AND ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIN.
Comment (Workings): ONE 650-FT ADIT AND A SECOND SHORTER ADIT 50 FT ABOVE IT
Comment (Development): THE 2 ADITS WERE DRIVEN BY THE TONOPAH MINING CO IN 1935 IN ONE OF A SERIES OF NE-TRENDING VEINS.
Comment (Location): GOOD ROAD TO WITHIN 0.5 MILE OF THE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.JH., ETAL, 1974, USGS GO 1186
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-18-84.
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.
