Mine detail: Tonopah Mining Co.

Previously called 'Mizpah Siebert ShaftSilver TopRed PlumeMergerSand GrassGolden AnchorValley View Shafts.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07077, -117.22786

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Electrum, Embolite, Iodyrite, Polybasite
Gangue:	Apatite, Barite, Opal, Pyrite, Sericite, Turquoise

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Mizpah Fault (Strike Nw, Dip 35-45 Ne), Stone Cabin Fault, Sand Grass Fault, Mac Namara Fault, Silver Top Fault, Buried Fault Burro Fault
Alteration processes:	The Ore Is Oxidized To A Depth Of Over 400 Feet.Silicification, Sericitization,

References

MRDS	M231784
DEP	10044375
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 125-127}{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}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, NOVEMBER 25 1981}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)