Tempest Mine

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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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

Name: Tempest Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.