The Bombassei Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.655, -116.99667
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Bombassei Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bombassei Prospect
Secondary: Part of Smoky Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Smoky Valley Mining Co.
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Granite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): BOMBASSEI DEVELOPED THE PROSPECT HIMSELF; NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT HE IS SAID TO HAVE RECOVERED 18 FLASKS FROM ORE HAULED TO THE RETORT AT THE WILDCAT PROSPECT. AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1981, THERE WERE MORE THAN A DOZEN 5-GALLON BUCKETS OF SCREENED ORE FROM THE BOMBASSEI PROSPECT ON THE LOADING DOCK OF THE WILDCAT RETORT, AND A FEW SIMILAR BUCKETS WERE SEEN AT THE ABANDONED BOMBASSEI WORKINGS. IN 1982, THE GROUND WAS PART OF A LARGE BLOCK OF SMOKY CLAIMS HELD BY THE SMOKY VALLEY MINING CO., PROBABLY FOR THEIR GOLD POTENTIAL.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MID-1950'S
Comment (Deposit): LOCALLY SHEARED GRANITE IS CUT BY SMALL VEINS OF QUARTZ. LITTLE CINNABAR OR METACINNABAR WAS SEEN AT THE PROSPECT, BUT A COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF GRABS FROM ADIT DUMP YIELDED ON PANNING SOME CINNABAR AND PROBABLY A LITTLE METACINNABAR.
Comment (Location): 1 MILE NW OF VAN NESS MINE, 0.5 MILE EAST OF SENATOR MINE JUST EAST OF MICROWAVE RADIO FACILITY ON RIDGE CREST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): 50-FT ADIT (NOW CAVED) DRIVEN N 40 E, A FEW HUNDRED FT EAST OF THESADDLE, WITH AN OPEN CUT BELOW IT. ROAD BULLDOZED FOR ACCESS AND EXPLORATION
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, NBMG BULL 99B, PL. I.
Reference (Production): BAILEY, ET AL., 1984.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
