| Deposit ID | 10037004 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M029069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Granite Point Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Chevron Claims |
| Related records | 10173896 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.16488, 41.80821 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Calavera Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N | 034E | 09,04,05 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | UP TO 0.30 MR/HR, CONTAINING 0.024% U3O8. SELECT SAMPLES RANGE UP TO 194 PPM U308 AND 282 PPM EU. CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 8 FT TO 10 FT THICK RADIOACTIVE ZONES- RANGE FROM 26-57 PPM U308. SELECT SAMPLES OF RADIOACTIVE ROCK- HAVE HIGH AG, AS, CU, F, HG, MO, SB, AND ZN. BACKGROUND RADIO-ACTIVITY IS 180 CPS (40 UR) IN APHANITIC DACITE TO 300 CPS (65- UR) IN RHYOLITE. ROCK IN SHEAR ZONES IS UP TO 2200 CPS (480 U-R) WITH LARGE VOLUMES OF ROCK OVER 800 CPS (175 UR) IN THE VIC-INITY OF SHEAR ZONES. |
|---|
| Model code | 155 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25f |
| Deposit model name | Volcanogenic U |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.16488, 41.80821 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sw Fracture Zone Of Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-Trending Normal Faults, Parallel. |
| Strike | N-S |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY E |
| Thickness | 45.72M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Disaster District; Disaster Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M029069 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.
RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 76-535
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81
CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE REPORT.
TAYLOR, A. O. AND POWERS, J. F., 1955, URANIUM OCCURRENCES AT THE MOONLIGHT MINE AND GRANITE POINT CLAIMS, HUMBOLD-T COUNTY, NEVADA, USAEC.
RYTUBA, J. J., AND CONRAD, W. K., USGS OFR 79-541.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVE OUTCROPS ALONG SHEAR ZONES WITH VARYING ATTITUDES |
| Deposit | IT IS RUMORED THAT DRILLING AT THIS OCCURRENCE AND AT THE HORSE CREEK OCCURRENCE TO THE NORTH INDICATES A TOTAL OF- 5-10 MILLION LBS U308 AT COMMERCIAL GRADES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1978 | Walker, George W. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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