The Thompson Property is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.83, -117.49806
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Thompson Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thompson Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Goldrun District; Adelaide 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thompson (Name Of Locator On Notice)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO SOME OF A LARGE AREA OF PLACER WORKINGS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OLD PLACER WORKINGS DATE FROM EARLY 1900'S. RECENT WORK INCLUDES 4 SMALL DAMS AND PILES OF GRAVEL IN THE STREAM CHANNEL BEHIND THEM. FRONT END LOADER WORKING IN 1984 ON PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GRAVELS (PROBABLY GOLD-BEARING) OCCUR IN THE WASH. COBBLES ARE MAINLY ARGILLITE.
Comment (Workings): PITS, TAILINGS, BULLDOZER WORK
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 22 JUN 84.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1978, MAP GQ-1407
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.
