Mine detail: Tonopah Extension Mining Co.

Previously called 'Cash Boy ShaftMckane ShaftWest Tonopah Shaft Victor ShaftTonopah Extension Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07105, -117.23481

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Tonopah Formation;West End Rhyolite;Mizpah Trachyte
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Tonopah Fault, Monarch-Pittsburg Fault, Rainbow Fault, Extension Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M231782
DEP	10103960
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 181-184}{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}{Deposit:: THE TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, AUGUST 6, 1980.}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)