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Tonopah Divide

Plant in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208127
MRDS ID M030063
MAS/MILS ID 0320090087
Record type Site
Current site name Tonopah Divide
Alternate or previous names Divide, Gold Hill, Old Big Divide, Gold Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.23901, 37.99494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 002 N 042 E 26 SWNWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Adularia Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.23901, 37.99494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.5M
    Length 150M
    Width 135M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 850830

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1912
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tonopah Divide Mining Co., Reno, Nevada
    ID 2601527
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ebco Enterprises (See Comments)
    ID 2601527
    Home office P. O. Box 847, Tonopah, NV 89049
    Year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crown Resources
    ID 2601527
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    7. ALBERS, J. P., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. SPATIAL

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    RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS

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    IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 700-C, 1970,

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    PP. C1-C10.

  • Deposit

    8. ALBERS, J. P., AND J. H. STEWART. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL.

  • Deposit

    78, 1972, 80 PP.

  • Deposit

    62. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. ROAD LOG AND

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    TRIP GUIDE, CARVER STATION - TONOPAH DISTRICT. GUIDEBOOK

  • Deposit

    TO THE GEOLOGY OF FOUR TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS IN CENTRAL

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 19, 1974, PP. 6-13.

  • Deposit

    63. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. TONOPAH

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    MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    FOUR TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTERS IN CENTRAL NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 19, 1974, PP. 42-48.

  • Deposit

    64. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    THE TONOPAH, LONE MOUNTAIN, KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 92, 1979, 142 PP.

  • Deposit

    65. BONHAM, H. F., JR., AND L. J. GARSIDE. GEOCHEMICAL

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MOUNTAIN, KLONDIKE, AND

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 96, 1982, 68 PP

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    209. GARSIDE, L. J. ROAD LOG/TRIP GUIDE: STERLING MINE,

  • Deposit

    GOLDFIELD DISTRICT, HASBROUCK MOUNTAIN (DIVIDE DISTRICT),

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH DISTRICT, AND BOREALIS MINE, FIELD TRIP 3, PRECIOUS

  • Deposit

    METAL DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NEVADA. PAPER IN

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN

  • Deposit

    CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON.

  • Deposit

    SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

  • Deposit

    MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. FT3 1-31.

  • Deposit

    211. GARSIDE, L. J. FIELD EXAMINATION OF DIVIDE MINE AND

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH HASBROUCK MINES, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUR.

  • Deposit

    MINES AND GEOL., MAR. 26, 1982, 7 PP; AVAILABLE AT NV BUR.

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    MINES AND GEOL., RENO, NV.

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    361. KNOFP, A. THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S.

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    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 715-K, 1921, PP. 146-170.

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    377. LEBAUER, L. R. WALL ROCK ALTERATION IN THE BIG

  • Deposit

    DIVIDE DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS,

  • Deposit

    INDIANA UNIV., BLOOMINGTON, IN, 1958, 37 PP.

  • Deposit

    629. SILBERMAN, M. L., H. F. BONHAM, JR., L. J. GARSIDE,

  • Deposit

    AND R. P. ASHLEY. TIMING OF HYDROTHERMAL

  • Deposit

    ALTERATION-MINERALIZATION AND IGNEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, NYE AND ESMERALDA

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL

  • Deposit

    REP. 33, 1979, PP. 119-126.

  • Deposit

    703. TAYLOR, H. P. 018/016 EVIDENCE FOR

  • Deposit

    METEORIC-HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND ORE DEPOSITION IN THE

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH, COMSTOCK LODE, AND GOLDFIELD MINING DISTRICTS,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 68,

  • Deposit

    NO. 6, 1973, PP. 747-764.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. STRIKE OF ORE BODY IS N40W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-NOV-90 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/23/1987
MSHA mine ID2601527
Mine name (MSHA)Tonopah Divide Mine
Current operatorFalcon Explorations Company
Current controller (parent)Berg Everett E
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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