Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation
StructureHalifax Fault (N-S, 35-40e), Mizpah Fault, Belmont Fault, Tesuro Fault
AlterationSilicification Along Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044372
MRDS IDM231780
Alternate namesBelmont Shaft, Acenith Shaftdesert Queen Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.07133, -117.21731
References
SPURR, J.E., 1905 GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 193-194CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF THE TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23NBMG BULL 92, P.114CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149