The Thanksgiving Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 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
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.18139, -111.19278
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Thanksgiving Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thanksgiving Mine
Secondary: Meyers
Secondary: Myres
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George And Jim Meyers
Years: 1962 -
Owner Name: J. J. Jackson, C. W. Gardner, G. Meyers, J. Reinbolt, R. Harding
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Short N Trending Faults With Both E And W Dip. Nw Trending Fault With Ne Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOX CANYON JUST SOUTH OF THE HERRING MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN IN GRANITE AND SCHIST OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK CEMENTED BY LIMONITE AND HEMATITE WITH FREE GOLD.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSIVE PERIOD. TERTIARY RHYOLITE EXPOSED 1 MILE SE OF MINE AND 1 1/2 MILES W OF MINE
Comment (Workings): ALSO A LONG CUT PRESENT 80 FT LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 15 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978.
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