Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlOre Is Control By The Merton Fault; The Intersection Of The Monarch-Pittsburg Fault With The Tonopah Fault
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Tonopah Formation;West End Rhyolite;Mizpah Trachyte
StructureTonopah Fault, Monarch-Pittsburg Fault, Rainbow Fault, Extension Fault
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10103960
MRDS IDM231782
Alternate namesCash Boy Shaft, McKane Shaft, West Tonopah Shaft Victor Shaft, Tonopah Extension Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.07105, -117.23481
References
SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 181-184CARPENTER, 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. 23THE TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, AUGUST 6, 1980.CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149