Description
G. B. Thompson Of Beatty
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlShear Zones In Silicified Volcanics (Obscure)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockObsidian,Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated rockObsidian,Tuff,Rhyolite
StructureNe Trending Faults
AlterationSilicification, Alunitized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040501
MRDS IDM055307
Alternate namesThompson Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.94885, -116.63728
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 143-144.HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 282.CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD.: USGS QUAD. MAP GQ-157.5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 68.HOLMES, 1965