Mine detail: Tonopah District

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Location

Lat / long: 38.06244, -117.21761

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: REPLACEMENT VEINS
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Structure:TONOPAH FAULT, HALIFAX FAULT ZONE (N-S); TONOPAH FAULT; YOUNGEST GROUP NE, NW, AND N-S DIP W
Alteration processes:HYDROTHERMAL?

References

MRDSW002911
DEP60001666
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO., NEV,: NEV. UNIV. BULL. V. 45, NO. 3, GEOL AND MINING SER. 50, P. 171}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C. 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 186}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T. B. 1935, THE UNDERGROUND GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST. NEV; NEV. UNIV. BULL., V 29 NO. 5 P. 13}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, GOLD DISTRICTS U.S.; USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P 194.}{Deposit:: BALLIET, L.W., 1914, THE GEOLOGY OF TONOPAH, NEV.: MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 40 P 837-841.}{Deposit:: LOCKE, A., 1912, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST.: BULL. AIME VOL 62 P. 217-226.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1903, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TONOPAH, NEV: USGS BULL. 219.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1904, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TONOPAH, NEV.: USGS BULL. 225 P. 88-110.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DIST., NEV.; USGS PROF. PAPER 42}