Thompson Property

The Thompson Property is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,239 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Thompson Property
Secondary: Thompson Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Thompson, A. J.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Alunitized

Rocks

Name: Obsidian
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY INACTIVE SINCE 1943. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AND 885 FT OF DRIFTS, AN OPEN CUT 200 FT LONG AND 15 FT WIDE, NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN, BULLDOZER CUTS, TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR AS LIESEGANG SPHERES REPLACING RHYOLITE. HOST ROCK NEARLY HORIZONTAL. HOT SPRING SINTER IN AREA ; GEOL.DESC: HOST ROCK NEARLY HORIZONTAL

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 36 CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 143-144.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 282.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD.: USGS QUAD. MAP GQ-157.

Reference (Deposit): 5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 68.

Reference (Production): HOLMES, 1965

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.