USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Tonopah Tunnel
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site 1976
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Silver Peak Caldera Alteration: Silicification Deposit: The vein system can be traced diagonally through sections 30 and 19 and are n W but parallel to the mohawk vein. This particular set of veins were mapped by stewart (1974) As being in…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Mindat locality type is explicitly "Adit". Historical context: rallel to the mohawk vein. This particular set of veins were mapped by… -
Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Silver Peak Caldera Alteration: Silicification Deposit: The vein system can be traced diagonally through sections 30 and 1…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Barite
- Baryte
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Barite (Barytes)
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Mercury
- commodity:Silver
View all 12 reported minerals
- Barite
- Baryte
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Barite (Barytes)
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Mercury
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Strontium
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Latite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429297
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
- underground workings
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