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Thompson Property

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047308
MRDS ID M242590
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Property
Related records 10295596

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49902, 40.82989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 040E 08 S2 OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SOME OF A LARGE AREA OF PLACER WORKINGS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49902, 40.82989
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldrun District; Adelaide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thompson (Name Of Locator On Notice)

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TAILINGS, BULLDOZER WORK

Comments on development

  • OLD PLACER WORKINGS DATE FROM EARLY 1900'S. RECENT WORK INCLUDES 4 SMALL DAMS AND PILES OF GRAVEL IN THE STREAM CHANNEL BEHIND THEM. FRONT END LOADER WORKING IN 1984 ON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 22 JUN 84.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1978, MAP GQ-1407

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GRAVELS (PROBABLY GOLD-BEARING) OCCUR IN THE WASH. COBBLES ARE MAINLY ARGILLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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