Thunder Mountain Gold
November 21, 2008
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West Tonopah

Thunder Mountain controls eight unpatented lode mining claims totaling approximately 160 acres, in the Tonopah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The claims are located on what has been interpreted to be the offset portion of the West End and Ohio veins along the south limb of the West End Rhyolite intrusive dome.

The target is projected to be 500 to 800 deep and will initially be tested by surface drilling. The typical veins in this area are projected to be 10-20 feet thick, with ore shoots up to 50 feet thick. Grades historically mined in the area were 15 to 20 ounces per ton (opt) silver and 0.15 to 0.20 opt gold. There is approximately 3,000 feet of relatively unexplored strike length and the veins could extend to depths of 2,000 feet. Given these projections, there exists a potential of a significant tonnage of high-grade mineralized material on the claim block.

During the period 1900 to 1952, the Tonopah District produced 174,153,600 ounces silver and 1.861,000 ounces of gold from 8,798,000 tons of ore for an average grade of approximately 20 opt silver and 0.21 opt gold. Approximately 50% of this production came from what are called the Òcontact veinsÓ in the western part of the district where the mineralization occurs near the contacts of the Mizpah Andesite and Tonopah Formation Rhyolite with the domed-shaped West End Rhyolite intrusive sill.


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