The Tempo Prospect is a antimony, gold, arsenic, and mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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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:
Commodity: Antimony, Gold, Arsenic, Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.61389, -117.25056
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Tempo Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tempo Prospect
Secondary: Maloy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Ravenswood District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1968
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountains Thrust
Type: L
Description: Northeast-Trending Faults, Lovelock Austin Mineral Belt.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE TEMPO CLAIMS COVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A SMALL WINDOW IN THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS THRUST SHEET. THE TRACE OF THE THRUST FAULT PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP. BELOW THE THRUST SHEET, THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS FORMATION AND ANTELOPE VALLEY FORMATION DROP OUT. THE VALMY FORMATION FORMS THE UPPER PLATE OF THE THRUST SHEET.
Comment (Development): CAMPBELL STAKED THE GROUND IN APRIL (1968 FOLLOWING IDEAS IN USGS CIRCULAR S63.
Comment (Deposit): ANOMALOUS VALVES OF GOLD, ARSENIC, MERCURY, AND ANTIMONY WERE OBTAINED FROM SAMPLES OF SILTSTONE. THE ANOMALOUS VALVES ARE ASSOCIATE WITH A BARITE VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH NORHTEAST-TRENDING FAULTS. THE FAVORABLE SILSTONE IS INFERRED TO BE PRSENT UNDER UPPER-PLATE ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1969, REPORT ON TEMPO PROSPECT (GOLD), LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA (UNPUB): PERSONAL FIELS OF J.V. TINGLEY
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.
