The Tonopah District is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tonopah District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah District
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: TONOPAH DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: REPLACEMENT VEINS
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: FAULTING
Description: HALIFAX FAULT ZONE (N-S); TONOPAH FAULT; YOUNGEST GROUP NE, NW, AND N-S DIP W
Type: L
Description: TONOPAH FAULT
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: HYDROTHERMAL?
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO., NEV,: NEV. UNIV. BULL. V. 45, NO. 3, GEOL AND MINING SER. 50, P. 171
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 186
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1904, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TONOPAH, NEV.: USGS BULL. 225 P. 88-110.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST., NEV.; USGS PROF. PAPER 42
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B. 1935, THE UNDERGROUND GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST. NEV; NEV. UNIV. BULL., V 29 NO. 5 P. 13
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, GOLD DISTRICTS U.S.; USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P 194.
Reference (Deposit): BALLIET, L.W., 1914, THE GEOLOGY OF TONOPAH, NEV.: MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 40 P 837-841.
Reference (Deposit): LOCKE, A., 1912, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST.: BULL. AIME VOL 62 P. 217-226.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1903, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TONOPAH, NEV: USGS BULL. 219.
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.
