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West End Consolid. Mining Co.

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040494
MRDS ID M055300
Record type Site
Current site name West End Consolid. Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names West End Consolidated Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23425, 38.06661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1838
Relative position IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TONOPAH CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N;002N 042E;042E 35,34;03,02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION IS OF THE WEST END SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 20.4
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite
    Rock description Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 20.4

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23425, 38.06661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Monarch-Pittsburg Fault, Macnamara Fault, Edwards Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • 112-FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN REPORTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Carr And Leidy

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,212 FT WEST END SHAFT, AND THE 800 FT OHIO SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1906. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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