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Quartz Mine

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037775
MRDS ID M035970
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.9718, 38.50825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 15 MI. SW OF WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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)

Wovoka Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 008N 027E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION. THIS PROSPECT MAY BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.07 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.9718, 38.50825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.03 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.52 MR/HR

Reporter information

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