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King Tonopah Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044365
MRDS ID M231769
Record type Site
Current site name King Tonopah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22175, 38.08605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1887
Relative position 0.46 MILES NW OF ARARAT MTN.

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 042E 25 SW OF SW OF NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz- Sericite-Adularia-Clay

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 20.4

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22175, 38.08605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Halifax Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Houston Oil And Minerals Corp.
    First year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 847.069 g/mt Silver Major 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT-300 FT DEEP IN 1905

Comments on development

  • THIS AREA WAS DRILLED BY CALUMET AND HECLA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. IN 1946 (8 HOLES TO 245-610 M.DEEP),AND GOLD AND SILVER WERE FOUND IN QUARTZ VEINS. THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED TO ASARCO IN 1950 AND 1951, WHO DRILLED 4 MORE HOLES A FEW HUNDRED METERS NORTH OF KING TONOPAH SHAFT, BUT LATER RELINQUISHED THE PROPERTY. IT WAS OPTIONED TO HOMESTAKE AND SUMMIT KING MINES IN 1951, WHO REHABILITATED THE KING TONOPAH SHAFT, DROVE A CROSSCUT NORTH, AND ENCOUNTERED THE VEIN. WORK IN 1953-1954 BLOCKED OUT 15000-20000 TONS ORE AVERAGING 30 OZ/T AG, 0.3 OZ/TON AU. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1958-1961. THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD IN 1969 TO SUMMA CORP., AND AGAIN TO HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 197-198

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, JAN 07, 1977; APRIL 21, 1977, SEPT 18, 1977.

  • Deposit

    FALLON EAGLE STANDARD SEPT 15, 1977.

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, APRIL 29, 1977.

  • Deposit

    ELY DAILY TIMES, JAN. 7, 1977.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPT 33, P.119 (1979)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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