The Tempest Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,851 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,851 Feet (2,393 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.0825, -114.61111
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Tempest Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tempest Mine
Secondary: Tempest Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nesbit And Bolling, Lessees
Years: 1916 -
Production
Year: 1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.025 Oz Au, 8.23 Oz Ag, 10.92% Pb/Ton
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.04 Oz Au, 18.13 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.04 Oz Au, 15.6 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Sheets
Type: L
Description: Intersecting Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ON THE 300 FOOT LEVEL ORE ASSAYED 40 OZ/TON AG AND 5% CU. ONE ANALYSIS THE ORE ALONG THE TEMPEST FISSURE CONTAINS HIGH % OF BI, ASSAYING AS HIGH AS 22% AND AVERAGING 1-2%. AN ASSAY FROM THIS FISSURE, APRIL 7, 1924 SHOWED, .1 OZ AU, 70 OZ AG, 2% BI, 1% PB, 1% CU, 42% FE(?)/TON. (OPEN FILE DATA ITEM 9). ANOTHER ANALYSIS SHOWED .025 OZ/T AU, 17 OZ/T AG, 1.0% PB, 3.5% CU, 1.5% ZN, 28% FE, 8.0% CUO, 2.0% MN.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS AN OXIDIZED AG-CU MATERIAL, OCCURING AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO FISSURES. THE BULK OF THE ORE TAKEN FROM THE TEMPEST MINE IS TYPICAL OF THE MAY DAY-TEMPEST FISSURE ORES, BEING AN FE-AG-CU PRODUCT. THE PB ORE IS FOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH MINERALIZING FISSURE WITH THE TEMPEST FISSURE AS WELL AS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH FISSURE AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION. ORES CARRYING THE HIGHEST PB VALUES WERE FOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH VEIN WITH THE EAST AND WEST VEIN. STOPES ARE MAINLY ON THE TEMPEST VEIN BUT IN PART ON THE N-S FISSURES NEAR THEIR INTERSECTION WITH THE TEMPEST VEIN. FISSURE IS FILLED WITH CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND GOUGE. IRREGULAR BODIES OF OXIDIZED CU ORE OCCURRED IN THE HANGING WALL. AT THE 150-FT LEVEL, A BODY OF OCHEROUS ORE 4-6 FT WIDE CARRIED SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU CARBONATE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 350 FT LONG, WITH FOUR LEVELS, STOPES. SHORT DRIFTS AT THE 60, 150 AND 200 FT LEVEL AND ABOUT 350 FT OF DRIFTING ON THE 300 FT LEVEL
Comment (Commodity): GOLD VALUES ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER HERE THAN IS USUAL FOR BRISTOL ORES, AVG. 0004502/T
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS, P.P. 171, P. 71
Reference (Deposit): OPEN FILE DATA FROM THE NEV BUREAU OF MINES FILE 171, ITEM 9, ITEM 18 (MAP OF WORKINGS), ITEM 20
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 133
Reference (Production): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEMS 20,21
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.
