Bombassei Prospect

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

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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.