Thelma Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270874
MRDS ID M231698
MAS/MILS ID 0320230628
Record type Site
Current site name Thelma Mine
Alternate or previous names Thelma Prospect
Related records 10044301

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.04672, 38.53713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 21 SWSWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.04672, 38.53713

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 160,

  • Deposit

    ALSO PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470 TABLES

  • Deposit

    3 AND 15 (LOCATION ONLY) (INACCURATE).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-1995 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.