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General Thomas Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046833
MRDS ID M242048
Record type Site
Current site name General Thomas Mine
Alternate or previous names Tonopah-Belcher Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41703, 37.95272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1908

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 041E 07 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GENERAL THOMAS HILLS EAST OF PAYMASTER CANYON. UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY WORKINGS ON PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41703, 37.95272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Diorite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (West Divide, Weepah)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tonopah-Belcher Mining Co. ; General Thomas Of Tonopah Co.
    First year 1905

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINES, 150-FT SHAFT (IN 1905)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285, P. 57-58.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    LAKE, A., 1904, MINING AND SCIENCE PRESS, V. 88, P.246.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENTICULAR BODIES OF "SAND" CARBONATE OF LEAD CONTAINING MODULES OF UNALTERED GALENA LAY ALONG THE PORPHYRY/LIMESTONE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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