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Tonopah Midway Mining Co.

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044374
MRDS ID M231783
Record type Site
Current site name Tonopah Midway Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Midway Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23092, 38.07244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 0.48 MILES WEST OF MT. ODDIE

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 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation;West End Rhyolite
    Rock description Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation;West End Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23092, 38.07244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mizpah Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9655.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 850 FT MIDWAY NO.1 SHAFT, THE 1,625 FT MIDWAY NO. 2 SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 179-181

  • 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

  • Production

    CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS
Deposit THE COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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