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West Tonopah Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046633
MRDS ID M241824
Record type Site
Current site name West Tonopah Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24731, 38.07272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTH OF SIEBERT MNT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 34 NW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • VERY APPROXIATE LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propelitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Siegert;Mizpah
    Rock description Siegert;Mizpah

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24731, 38.07272
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OF PRINCIPLE SHAFTS IN SECTION 34, T3N, R42E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV. NBMG BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MTN., KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEV., NBMG, BULL. 92.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 8 JUL 82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.