Thomas 'W' Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270890
MAS/MILS ID 0320150282
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas 'W' Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.46484, 39.61411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Airy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 040 E 10 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.46484, 39.61411

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Pass Resources, Inc.
    ID 2600561
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES,DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979,NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,APRIL 1980,

  • Deposit

    P. 28

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/2026
MSHA mine ID2600561
Mine name (MSHA)New Pass Mine
Current operatorRuby Vista Resources Ltd.
Current controller (parent)Raymond Alex Hofstetter
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.