Mine detail: Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co.

Previously called 'Fraction No. 1 ShaftFraction No. 2 ShaftGold Hill ShaftStone Cabin ShaftWandering Boy ShaftBig Tono ShaftGood Enough Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.06605, -117.22981

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Wandering Boy Fault Striking Nw, Dipping 50 Sw, Gold Hill Fault Nw Striking Fault Cuts Veins
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M231768
DEP	10044364
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 149-164}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51}{Deposit:: NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL 23}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)