Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFault Control Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsPolybasite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Andesite · Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation
StructureMizpah Fault
AlterationAndesite Altered To Chlorite And Calcite. Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044370
MRDS IDM231776
Alternate namesNorth Star Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.07244, -117.21258
References
SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 177-178CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23CARPENTER, 1953, P. 149