Tonopah Divide

The Tonopah Divide is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Tonopah Divide
Secondary: Divide
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Old Big Divide
Secondary: Gold Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Crown Resources
Company ID: 2601527
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Ebco Enterprises (See Comments)
Company ID: 2601527
Home Office: P. O. Box 847, Tonopah, NV 89049
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Tonopah Divide Mining Co., Reno, Nevada
Company ID: 2601527
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Sphalerite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Adularia

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. STRIKE OF ORE BODY IS N40W.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): 377. LEBAUER, L. R. WALL ROCK ALTERATION IN THE BIG

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 715-K, 1921, PP. 146-170.

Reference (Deposit): 361. KNOFP, A. THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL., RENO, NV.

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL., MAR. 26, 1982, 7 PP; AVAILABLE AT NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH HASBROUCK MINES, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): 62. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. ROAD LOG AND

Reference (Deposit): 78, 1972, 80 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): PP. C1-C10.

Reference (Deposit): 8. ALBERS, J. P., AND J. H. STEWART. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 700-C, 1970,

Reference (Deposit): RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS

Reference (Deposit): 7. ALBERS, J. P., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. SPATIAL

Reference (Deposit): TO THE GEOLOGY OF FOUR TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS IN CENTRAL

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1973, PP. 747-764.

Reference (Deposit): TRIP GUIDE, CARVER STATION - TONOPAH DISTRICT. GUIDEBOOK

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 68,

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH, COMSTOCK LODE, AND GOLDFIELD MINING DISTRICTS,

Reference (Deposit): METEORIC-HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND ORE DEPOSITION IN THE

Reference (Deposit): ALTERATION-MINERALIZATION AND IGNEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE

Reference (Deposit): AND R. P. ASHLEY. TIMING OF HYDROTHERMAL

Reference (Deposit): 629. SILBERMAN, M. L., H. F. BONHAM, JR., L. J. GARSIDE,

Reference (Deposit): INDIANA UNIV., BLOOMINGTON, IN, 1958, 37 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DIVIDE DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS,

Reference (Deposit): 703. TAYLOR, H. P. 018/016 EVIDENCE FOR

Reference (Deposit): REP. 33, 1979, PP. 119-126.

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL

Reference (Deposit): COUNTIES, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, NYE AND ESMERALDA

Reference (Deposit): MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. FT3 1-31.

Reference (Deposit): 211. GARSIDE, L. J. FIELD EXAMINATION OF DIVIDE MINE AND

Reference (Deposit): SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON.

Reference (Deposit): EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN

Reference (Deposit): METAL DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NEVADA. PAPER IN

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH DISTRICT, AND BOREALIS MINE, FIELD TRIP 3, PRECIOUS

Reference (Deposit): GOLDFIELD DISTRICT, HASBROUCK MOUNTAIN (DIVIDE DISTRICT),

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 96, 1982, 68 PP

Reference (Deposit): 209. GARSIDE, L. J. ROAD LOG/TRIP GUIDE: STERLING MINE,

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MOUNTAIN, KLONDIKE, AND

Reference (Deposit): 65. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. GEOCHEMICAL

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 92, 1979, 142 PP.

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): THE TONOPAH, LONE MOUNTAIN, KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE

Reference (Deposit): 64. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. GEOLOGY OF

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 19, 1974, PP. 42-48.

Reference (Deposit): FOUR TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS IN CENTRAL NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF

Reference (Deposit): 63. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. TONOPAH

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 19, 1974, PP. 6-13.

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.