Thor Group

The Thor Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,541 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Thor Group
Secondary: Thor No 1 To 3 Claims
Secondary: Roberts Group
Secondary: Currant Area Claims Thor Uranium Prospect

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Currant District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Roberts, B. F. And Frank And Lani, Don
Home Office: Duckwater

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Horse Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH=0.1 MR/HR
Analytical Data: A 3 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.11 % U308 BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.01 MR/HR

Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SURFACE PROSPECTS.

Comment (Geology): HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY NEAR SURFACE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE COATINGS ON FRACTURE SURFACES.

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 93

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM UNIT RESOURCE ANALYSIS, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT(407)IN THE ELY DISTRICT- 1977A F4 JONES,R.B.,& BENTZ,J.L.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.