Thanksgiving Mine

The Thanksgiving Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,982 feet.

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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

Name: Thanksgiving Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.