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Kateydid Claim

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037649
MRDS ID M035805
Record type Site
Current site name Kateydid Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.96764, 38.49159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 19 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HAWTHORNE ON THE EAST WALKER RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N}007N 027E}027E 04}05 SW OF SW (04); SE OF NE (05) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF RIVER ACCESSIBLE FROM SOUTH SIDE VIA DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.17 PERCENT U3O8. BG = 0.02 TO 0.03 MR/HR.
Result HIGH = 1.5 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.96764, 38.49159
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High Radioactive Related To Shear Zone/South-Trending Fault Intersection

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Washington

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER TRENCH, 6-FOOT PIT, DIAMOND DRILL SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 75 , PLATE. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Moyer, L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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