Mine detail: Halifax Tonopah Mining Co.

Previously called 'Halifax Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07188, -117.2073

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation;Tonopah Formation;Tonopah Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40 E)
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillic

References

MRDS	M231767
DEP	10044363
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 205}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51}{Deposit:: NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOLOGY OF TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: NBMG BULL. 23}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)