Thanksgiving Prospect

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047005
MRDS ID M242245
Record type Site
Current site name Thanksgiving Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18637, 36.60555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitney Pocket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 15S 70E 29 SE4 OF NE4 OF NE4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18637, 36.60555

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bunkerville

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nay, Allen And Rula
    Home office Overton, Nevada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L.H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNKERVILLE DIST, CLARK CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 63., P 80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY MINERAL OCCUR IN ALTERED AND BRECCIATED BIOTITE GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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