Thompson Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125091
MAS/MILS ID 0320230229
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.8942, 37.78325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cactus Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 045 E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE NARRATIVE LOCATION OF THIS PROSPECT IS REPORTED AS "...ON THE SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF CACTUS PEAK." THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED ON A MINE SHAFT IN THE W/2 NW/4 UNSURVEYED SEC. 12, T. 2 S., R. 45 E., AS SHOWN ON THE CACTUS PEAK 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.8942, 37.78325

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.