Thomas Mine

The Thomas Mine is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,183 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: Thomas Mine
Secondary: Dodge-Thomas Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin 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

Type: Private Lease
Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: John Cooney
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Southern Pacific Co
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: H. S. Thomas
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1941
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Alabandite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS EVALUATION INCLUDES RESOURCES OF THOMAS MINE, PARKER PI DODGE THOMAS MINE, HEMATITE MINE, AMERICAN ORE CO.SEC 32 MIN BEACON HILL PROPERTY, SOUTHEASTERN SEC 29 PROPERTY.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 68-71, PL 2A

Reference (Deposit): MAP-1954, USGS BUFFALO MT. 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD MAP

Reference (Deposit): MAP-1968, USGS & NEV BUR MINES & GEOL OPEN-FILE MAP 61

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE RE ET AL,1969, USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ-821,1:62,500

Reference (Deposit): TATLOCK DB,1969, USGS & NEV BUREAMINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE M

Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1953, BEACON HILL MAG.SUR., PRIVATE RPT & MAP

Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1953, MAG.SUR.S29,T26N,R34E,PRIVATE RPT & MAP

Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1952, IRON CASTLE MAGNET SURVEY, PRIVATE RPT

Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1951, THOMAS IRON DEPOSIT, PRIVATE RPT & MAG.

Reference (Deposit): REEVES RG & KRAL VE, 1955, NEVADABUREAU MINES & GEOL BUL 53,

Reference (Deposit): MOORE L, 1971, USBM IC 8511, P149-50 & 152-3

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN FC, 1923 MINING DISTRICTS& MIN RESOURCES OF NEVADA,P

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.