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Red Hot Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037767
MRDS ID M035956
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hot Claims
Alternate or previous names Denny D Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76874, 38.41964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 500 FT. SOUTH OF LUCKY BOY PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(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

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 029E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Feox

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE RANGE 0.66 PPM TO 410 PPM

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76874, 38.41964
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highest Uranium Content From Smoky Fractured Quartz In Pit

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEARBY QUARTZ DIKES NOT NOTABLY RADIOACTIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucky Boy Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND SHALLOW PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DURHAM, D. L., FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCES EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD, CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 TO 14 TIMES BG (WITHIN 25 FT OF PIT)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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