Tybo Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125674
MRDS ID W016436
MAS/MILS ID 0320230466
Record type Site
Current site name Tybo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.4031, 38.36854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 049 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.4031, 38.36854

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Silver Corp
    ID 2600513
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P. 192-193

  • Deposit

    TYBO MIN DIST 8 MI NW OF POINT ON TONOPAH-ELY HWY 60 MI NE O

  • Deposit

    TONOPAH

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 20, 1933, P. 52-56, (MINE MAP INCLUDED

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P. 195

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION \0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-1988 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 08/05/1982
MSHA mine ID2600513
Mine name (MSHA)Tybo Mine
Current operatorPacific Silver Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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