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Halifax Tonopah 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044363
MRDS ID M231767
Record type Site
Current site name Halifax Tonopah Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Halifax Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2073, 38.07188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1858
Relative position 0.45 MILES EAST OF MIZPAH HILL

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)

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF 4 CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2073, 38.07188
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40 E)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Faults., Brecciation

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,200 FT DEEP HALIFAX SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 205

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOLOGY OF TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: NBMG BULL. 23

  • Production

    CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149

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

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