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Tempest Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Iron, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104126
MRDS ID M242436
Record type Site
Current site name Tempest Mine
Alternate or previous names Tempest Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61195, 38.08246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 066E 32 PROJECTED FROM THE EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD VALUES ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER HERE THAN IS USUAL FOR BRISTOL ORES, AVG. 0004502/T

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Analytical data

Result 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.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61195, 38.08246
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Sheets
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intersecting Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E-N80E
    Dip 70S, 65-80SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults, Tempest Fissure (N70e, 60se); N20w Vertical Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nesbit And Bolling, Lessees
    First year 1916

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.025 Oz Au, 8.23 Oz Ag, 10.92% Pb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 260g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.04 Oz Au, 15.6 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 493g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.04 Oz Au, 18.13 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 573g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS, P.P. 171, P. 71

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE DATA FROM THE NEV BUREAU OF MINES FILE 171, ITEM 9, ITEM 18 (MAP OF WORKINGS), ITEM 20

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 133

  • Production

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEMS 20,21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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