Mine detail: Thompson Property

Previously called 'Thompson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.94885, -116.63728

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Obsidian,Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:Obsidian,Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Ne Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Silicification, Alunitized

References

MRDSM055307
DEP10040501
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 143-144.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 282.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD.: USGS QUAD. MAP GQ-157.}{Deposit:: 5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 68.}{Production:: HOLMES, 1965}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.