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Hi - Boy Claims

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037756
MRDS ID M035943
Record type Site
Current site name Hi - Boy Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.41265, 38.65352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position APPROX. 7 MI S - SW OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Dry Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 023E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.07 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.41265, 38.65352
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Radioactivity Is Associated With Small, Low Angle, Iron-Stained Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BACKGROUND = 0.009 MR/HR; HIGH = 0.15 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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