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Silver from
Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193724
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193724:4
GUID (UUID V4):a3a74d6d-8405-4487-bf40-aa4b7199418b
Localities for Silver in this Region
Ohio shaft, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
1.3km (0.8 miles) Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Ohio shaft, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) Liberty Mine, San Antone Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Goldfield Consolidated Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) Goldfield Main Deposit, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Keystone Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Juniper mine, San Antone Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) Manhattan Gold Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) Earle Mine (Union No. 2), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
ALTERATION-MINERALIZATION IN THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, NYE AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES, NEVADA!/ 2/ 3/ 3/ M...standards I/ Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 2/ United States Geological...Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 3/ Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, NV Radiometric Ages of...Alteration-Mineralization in the Tonopah Mining District and Vicinity, Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada M. L. Silberman...mineralization in the Tonopah mining district and vicinity carried out by members of the Nevada Bureau of Mines
Report (issue)
Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse, Rm. 504, 555...and Mineral Resources Maps of the Tonopah 1 o by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada By DAVID A. JOHN, J. THOMAS NASH...and mineral resources maps of the Tonopah 1o by 2° quadrangle, Nevada I by David A. john ... [et al.]....4/2: 1070 1. Mines and mineral resources-Nevada. 2. Geology-Nevada. 3. Conterminous United States Mineral...FIGURE 1. Map showing Tonopah I o by 2° quadrangle 2 TABLE I. Contents of Tonopah 1o by 2° CUSMAP folio
Report (issue)
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088, U.S.A. Eiji Izawa, Department of Mining, Faculty of Engineering...S.A., 72 p. Ashley, R. P., 1974, Goldfield mining district, jLn Guidebook to the geology of four Tertiary...Tertiary volcanic centers in central Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 19, p. 49-66. Ashley...between volcanism and ore deposition at Goldfield, Nevada, in Proceedings of the Fifth Quadrennial Symposium...International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits; Nevada Bureau of Mines Report 33, v. 2, p. 77-86. Ashley
Report (issue)
Geology and development of the Hishikari mine: Mining Geology, v. 36 (2), no. 196, p. 117. Adams, S....46, p. 9-24. Ashley, R. P., 1974, Goldfield mining district, in Guidebook to the geology of four Tertiary...Tertiary volcanic centers in centraT~Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 19, p. 49-66. Ashley...between volcanism and ore deposition at Goldfield, Nevada, in Proceedings of the Fifth Quadrennial Symposium...International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits: Nevada Bureau of Mines Report 33, v. 2, p. 77-86. Ashley
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (volume)
_-_--__-_--__ Nonferrous-metal deposits [gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc], by T. B. Nolan._________...4. A, The "eggshell" beds, West End area, Clark County, Nev.; B, Anniversary mine, West End area_____________________...near Bissell, Kern County, Calif.; B, Magnesite mine, Afton area, San Bernardino County, Calif _______________________...of brucite-magnesite area in Paradise Range, Nye County, Nev_-----___________________________ 122 142...Annual production of nonferrous metals in Vulture district, Arizona, 1907-32__----_____--_ ._.____ 2. Annual
Report (volume)
Geochemical Signatures of Silver and Gold Depo~its, Tonopah.l,0 X,2° Qu.adrangle, Nevada~ Description and Applications...2077 Geochemical Signatures of Silver and Gold Deposits, Tonopah 1°X 2 o Quadrangle, NevadaDescription...1941Geochemical signatures of silver and gold deposits, Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada: description and applications...Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. 2. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. I. Title.............................. . Silver and Gold Deposits in the Tonopah Quadrangle ...................
Report (issue)
resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report 83-721 This...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting localities as well as areas of...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent
Report (issue)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA BY JOSIAH EDw-ARD SPURR .. . =. ...·_____________ . __________ . ______________ .. Tonopah rhyolite:dacite .... _. _.................... _...... __ .... _.............. ----.-Analyses of Tonopah 'lavas. _____ ______ . _____________ . ____________...vents-------------·------------·----Theory of differentiation of Tonopah lavas from a uniform type. _.... . ........ Pseudomorphs........................... _..... Hornblende in Tonopah lavas ... _....... _.. __ ._._ .... . __ ... _
Report (issue)
Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. • SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse, Rm 504, 555 Battery...Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Tonopah Precious-metal...Precious-metal District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Republic Gold District, Ferry...Ferry County, Washington By MORTIMER H. STMTZ and ROBERT C. PEARSON The Comstock Lode Precious-metal District...District, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada By WILLIAM C. BAGBY and ROGER P. ASH LEY U.S. GEOlOGICAl
Book
Mining Archaeology Bera sat ewan selon (1 PO cug cuknetn asc Boe BMe cry Mining played a prominent...Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, mining became increasingly industrialized, changing mining technology, society...world. In the wake of these changes Nevada became an important mining region, with new people and technologies...technologies further altering the ways mining was pursued and miners Tetae Historical archaeology offers...offers a research strategy for understanding mining and miners that integrates three independent sources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE GEOLOGY MARCH-APRIL, MINING HENRY DISTRICTS 1929 No. 2 OF NEVADA. G. FERGUSON3 ABSTRACT....representedin Nevada;theearliestoredeposits areassociated withgraniticrocks,which in western Nevada were intruded...havebeenvaluable onlyfor theiroxidizedandenriched silver ores. In easternNevada basemetal replacementdepositsprevail...depositsassociatedwith Tertiary lavas the silver and silver-gold veins of Miocene age are likely to prove...geographicand geologicdistributionof the ore depositsof Nevada. The wr{ter's personalacquaintance with the regionis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
theTonopah,Comstock Lode, andGoldfieldMiningDistricts,Nevada* Hos• P. TAYLOR,J'R. Abstract Oxygen isotopeanalyseswere...and hydrothermal veins at Tonopah,Goldfield,and the ComstockLode. At Tonopah,the $Ots valuesare as follows:...Goldfield. It is concludedthat most epithermalgold and silver ore bodiesin highly faulted piles of altered volcanic...areas at the time of mineralization. ßTuscarora NEVADA 'COMSTOCK %A• ODE rata ß Round Mtn. This ...Forester, 1971; Forester and FIG. 1. Index map of Nevada showing locations of the ore Taylor, 1972) that
Report (issue)
East-Trending Structural Lineaments in Central Nevada By E. B. EKREN, R. C. BUCKNAM, W. J. CARR, G. L...East-trending structural lineaments in central Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 986) Bibliography:...Geology-Nevada. 2. Magnetism, Terrestrial-Nevada. 3. Faults (Geology)-Nevada. 4. Landforms-Nevada. I. Ekren.............................................. 5 Tonopah area........................................................................... 5 Area west of Tonopah...............................................
Report (issue)
Smith, Director Bulletin 795 F THE GILBERT DISTRICT, NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON Contributions to economic...____ __________ ___________ 141 Gilbert Gold Mining Co________________________ Tom Crown_____________________________...of the Gilbert district, Nev____ _ 10. Geologic map and section of the Gilbert district, Nev ii 126 127...127 THE GILBERT DISTRICT, NEVADA By HENRY G. FERGTJSON INTRODUCTION The eastern part of the Monte...Monte Cristo Range, in Esmeralda County, Nev., has been prospected for many years, and one mine, the Carrie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1827–1853 Miocene and Early Pliocene Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposits in the Northern Great Basin, Western United...are absent. Both high- and low-sulfidation gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits are affiliated...andesite assemblage and include the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide...1998). Famous districts include Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and significant...Lindgren (1933), and Nolan (1933), epithermal gold-silver deposits can be broadly separated into two groups
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
Mountain region of Wyoming contains few metalliferous mining camps. Moreover, not many of those that have been...other resources. Next to the Grand Encampment district, which yielded a fair amount of copper ore from...from 1898 to 1908, and the South Pass district,, which has a record of producing $450,000 in gold from...upon which a little work is done each summer, the district is practically abandoned. Ore was first discovered... Kirwin has been the scene of much ill-advised mining practice, with the result that the possible merit
Report (volume)
ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATE I. Geologic map of Tonopah mining district........................ FIG. 1. Plan of............ 2. Map showing outcropping veins at Tonopah........................ 3. Detailed vertical section...Valley View veins........ 4. Ideal cross section of Tonopah rocks .............................. Page. 7 18...is mean sea level GEOLOGIC MAP 'OF TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT. NO. 219 White rhyolite Later dacite...AND POPULATION. Tonopah is situated in Nye County, Nev., near the Esraeralda County line. It lies south
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DECEMBER, i9o9 GEOLOGY OF THE PRODUCING PART TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT No. 8 OF THE J. A. BUaGESS. CONTENTS...heretoforeentertained. The "Geology of the TonopahMining District,"by Mr. J. E. Spurr) formedas complete a description...solutionof the geologicalproblemhere offeredis that the district is built up of a seriesof successive lava flows...ahnostwholly within the productivepart of the district, but doesnot cover all the producingmines,especially...North for furnishing the sections of the Montana Tonopah Mine, to Mr. E. S. Larsen for microscopic work
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Special Issue Devoted to Gold Deposits in Northern Nevada: Part 1. Regional Studies and Epithermal Deposits...Northern Nevada is one of the Earth’s premier gold- and silver-producing regions, and gold and silver are...gold mining district, producing nearly 125 t (4 Moz) of gold annually. Since large-scale mining began...2001, gold production from the entire state of Nevada was nearly 253 t (8.13 Moz), which accounted for...than the state of Nevada. In addition, Nevada produced 543 t (17.4 Moz) of silver in 2001—about 31 percent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in 1924 for a dissertationon the SpringMountains,Nevada,which led to his lifelong interestin Basin and...Mother Lode gold district in California. Nolan subsequentlystudiedAu depositsin Utah, Nevada,and Arizona and...publicationson the Eureka, Gold Hill, Tonopah, Tuscarora,and other mining districts. He evaluatedpotash brines...ly in most, even though I was supposedto be in mining geology, prestigeand size. was geologicmapping...p 25-44. 1928 A late Paleozoic positive area in Nevada: American Journal of Science,5th series,v 16, p
Report (issue)
2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected major...resources of the Winnemucca 1° x 2° quadrangle area, Nevada, were collected in support of a series of U.S....occur within the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties...Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the references...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES
Report (issue)
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