The Thanksgiving Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,982 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,982 Feet (2,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.54222, -117.08167
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Thanksgiving Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thanksgiving Mine
Secondary: Orphant Patented Claim and Thanksgiving Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Thanksgiving Reorganized Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): THE LITTLE GRAY VEIN PRODUCED ABOUT $5,000. THE THANKSGIVING VEIN PRODUCED ABOUT $3,299.
Comment (Development): WORK ON THE THANKSGIVING VEIN BEGAN ABOUT 1910 AND A SHAFT WAS SUNK AND THEN ABANDONED SOON AFTER. IN 1937, RELIANCE MINING CO UNWATERED AND SAMPLED WORKINGS AND CONNECTED THE 200-FT LEVEL WITH THE MUSTANG SHAFT. IN 1946, THE JEFFERSON LAKE SULPHUR CO UNWATERED SHAFT AGAIN AND SAMPLED WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE GRAY VEIN, THANKSGIVING VEIN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 450 FT 65-70 DEG INCLINE SHAFT, AN 80 FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 120-121
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 146.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 121.
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.
