Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite · Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite
StructureWandering Boy Fault Striking Nw, Dipping 50 Sw, Gold Hill Fault Nw Striking Fault Cuts Veins
AlterationKaolinization, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044364
MRDS IDM231768
Alternate namesStone Cabin Shaft, Wandering Boy Shaft, Big Tono Shaft, Good Enough Shaft, Fraction No. 1 Shaft, Fraction No. 2 Shaft, Gold Hill Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.06605, -117.22981
References
SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 149-164CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL 23CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149