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Thor Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044189
MRDS ID M231553
Record type Site
Current site name Thor Group
Alternate or previous names Thor No 1 To 3 Claims, Roberts Group, Currant Area Claims Thor Uranium Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45643, 38.74077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position JUST EAST OF CURRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 058E 09 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 3 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.11 % U308 BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.01 MR/HR
Result HIGH=0.1 MR/HR

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Blind Springs
    Rock description Blind Springs

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45643, 38.74077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N19E
    Dip 65W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault Surfaces In A North Bearing Fault Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY NEAR SURFACE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE COATINGS ON FRACTURE SURFACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roberts, B. F. And Frank And Lani, Don
    Home office Duckwater

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SURFACE PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 93

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    BLM UNIT RESOURCE ANALYSIS, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT(407)IN THE ELY DISTRICT- 1977A F4 JONES,R.B.,& BENTZ,J.L.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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