Thanksgiving Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111299
MRDS ID M899865
Record type Site
Current site name Thanksgiving Mine
Alternate or previous names Meyers, Myres

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19348, 33.18148 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2.6 MILES NE OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV. 3351)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 011E 11 CENTER OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOX CANYON JUST SOUTH OF THE HERRING MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19348, 33.18148

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Short N Trending Faults With Both E And W Dip. Nw Trending Fault With Ne Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, N To Nw Trending, Associated Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSIVE PERIOD. TERTIARY RHYOLITE EXPOSED 1 MILE SE OF MINE AND 1 1/2 MILES W OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. J. Jackson, C. W. Gardner, G. Meyers, J. Reinbolt, R. Harding
  • Type Owner
    Owner George And Jim Meyers
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO A LONG CUT PRESENT 80 FT LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 15 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN IN GRANITE AND SCHIST OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK CEMENTED BY LIMONITE AND HEMATITE WITH FREE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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