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Hopeless Claims

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043811
MRDS ID M231094
Record type Site
Current site name Hopeless Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74407, 39.95795 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF TULE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 020E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.74407, 39.95795
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • URANIUM MINERALIZATION DETECTED FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET ALONG A FAULT ZONE IN TUFF BEDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F GEOL & MIN RESOURCES WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L J, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    U S ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3783

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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