Tonopah Midway Mining Co.

The Tonopah Midway Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tonopah Midway Mining Co.
Secondary: Midway Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah 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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mizpah Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS

Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 850 FT MIDWAY NO.1 SHAFT, THE 1,625 FT MIDWAY NO. 2 SHAFT

References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 179-181

Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23

Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149

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.