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Lucky Strike Group

Occurrence in Carson City 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043782
MRDS ID M231063
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75211, 39.23684 (WGS84)
Relative position ON COUNTY LINE, MAY BE IN WASHOE CO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 020E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • COULD NOT BE FIELD LOCATED BY GARSIDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 80E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly-Trending Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • "ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERLY-TRENDING FRACTURES IN THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE(?)" (GARSIB). GEOL MAP BY TREXLER SHOWS FORMATION TO BE "NINE HILL TUFF".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE OCCUR IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENG COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT, 3712, 3717.

  • Deposit

    TREXLER, DT, CARSON CITY FOLIA, GEOL MAP, NBMG MAP 1AG, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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