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Thor Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098664
MRDS ID M241688
Record type Site
Current site name Thor Mine
Alternate or previous names Thor Crosscut, Talisman, NBMG Sample Site 1719
Related records 10246909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05249, 37.89858 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position ABOUT 600 FT W OF JENNIE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 071E 32 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clays & Sericite; Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1719 CONTAINS 300 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 70 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05249, 37.89858
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thor Vein Is Cut Off By Post-Mineral Faults On Both Ends

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W - N15E
    Dip 55 E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stateline (Gold Springs, Eagle Valley) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS, 2 ADITS. THE THOR ADIT, DRIVEN E FOR 240 FT, CROSSCUTS THE THOR VEIN 65 FT FROM THE PORTAL. AT THIS POINT, A DRIFT FOLLOWS THE VEIN SOUTH FOR 140 FT. AT 120 FT FROM THE PORTAL, ANOTHER DRIFT TO THE SOUTH WAS DRIVEN ALONG A SMALL CALCITE FISSURE. ANOTHER ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO CUT THE VEIN SOUTH OF THE THOR ADIT. REMAINS OF 3 CABINS, INCLINED TRACK FROM OPEN CUTS TO ORE BIN STILL EXIST. SOME FAIRLY RECENT BULLDOZING OF DUMP MATERIAL AND OUTCROP ABOVE AND BELOW WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, A TRUCK-SUPPORTED DRILL RIG WAS OPERATING NEAR ROAD JUNCTION JUST NORTH OF MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 17, 1983

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23, 34-35, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1920, P.P. 111, P. 563-568.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED FE-REPLACED ANDESITE WHICH SHOW FINE VITREOUS QUARTZ VEINLETS PRE-DATING BRECCIATION ARE CONTAINED IN MASSIVE TO PRISMATIC WHITE VEIN QUARTZ ON DUMP. VEINS HAVE OPEN CENTERS, ARE TYPICALLY BANDED WHITE TO CLEAR IN APPEARANCE, ARE FE-STAINED AND SHOW FE-STAINED, QUARTZ-ENCRUSTED VUGS. ALTHOUGH THE VEINS CONTAIN SCARCE CRYSTALS OF FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, IT IS LESS THAN THAT OBSERVED IN SIMILAR VEIN MATERIAL AT THE JENNIE MINE. DARK STREAKS AND LENSES IN VEIN MATERIAL ARE PROBABLY DISPERSED SULFIDES OR POSSIBLY AG-BEARING MINERALS. CLOTS OF LIMONITE AND MN OXIDES ARE FOUND BUT NOT IN ABUNDANCE. QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE TEXTURES ARE COMMON. TYPICAL VEIN WIDTH IS 1-3 IN WITH SUBPARALLEL VEINS FORMING WIDTHS UP TO 1-2 FT. A QUARTZ VEIN OBSERVED CUTTING THE ANDESITE AT THE PORTAL STRIKES N50E AND DIPS 80 NW. IT IS TYPICAL OFTHE SECONDARY VEINS NOTED THROUGH OUT THE DISTRICT WHICH ARE PROBABLY UNMINERALIZED. IT IS 3 IN WIDE, BANDED, VUGGY AND FE-STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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