Mine detail: Tonopah Midway Mining Co.

Previously called 'Midway Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07244, -117.23092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Gangue:	Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation;West End Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Mizpah Fault

References

MRDS	M231783
DEP	10044374
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 179-181}{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 MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)