Tonopah

The Tonopah is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,719 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tonopah
Secondary: Moly Tonopah
Secondary: Jack

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1992
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: David P Strickler
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1972

Production

Year: 1990
Description: Past Prod-19,750 Tons Ore, Averaging 0.3% Wo3 Containing 5.925 Short Ton Ton Units Wo3(Nv Dir. Bib. Ref. #285). Short Ton Units=20 Lbs Of Contained Wo3.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS BEFORE 1950.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 1991, THE MINE IS ON A CARE-MAINTENANCE STATUS.

Comment (Geology): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM. TYPE OF ORE BODY IS ALSO CONTACT METASOMATIC. ORIGIN OF ORE BODY IS ALSO BY IGNEOUS INTRUSION. ORE IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY FRACTURING. STRIKE AND DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE IS NORTH-NE:EAST. MINERALIZED ZONE AVERAGE DEMINSIONS:(METERS) LENGTH-- >907 WIDTH-- UNKNOWN THICKNESS-- UP TO 4.6 DEPTH-- UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 53 KM NE OF WINNEMUCCA. MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT AND OVERHAND STOPE.

Comment (Ownership): PROPERTY IS 183 TO 366 METERS WEST OF SOUTH EXTENSION GETCHELL GOLD MINE, OPERATED BY GETCHELL MINE INC.,1950-55. SEE REFERENCES FOR GETCHELL MINE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO.

References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR. EXPLORATION OF THE RILEY TUNGSTEN MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3945, 1946, 7 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., AND S. E. CLABAUGH. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUR. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 44, 1946, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W. GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. DISS., YALE UNIV., NEW HAVEN, CT, 1948, 97 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CYPRUS MINERALS COMPANY. ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K. DEC. 31, 1992. P.4.

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E., AND R. WILLDEN. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431, 1964, 128 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY. U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES 1996,1997 P. 275.

Reference (Ownership): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1996. P. 83

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 59, 1964, 154 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HESS, F. L., AND E. S. LARSON, JR. CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 725-D, 1921, PP. 245-309.

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.