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Uv Industries Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044218
MRDS ID M231589
Record type Site
Current site name Uv Industries Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85983, 38.79381 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 2.3 MILES SW OF PARADISE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 037E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85983, 38.79381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In The Lower Plate Of The South Thrust.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U. V. Industries
    First year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Continental Energy Inc
    First year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 12698000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 0.15 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SILVER AND COPPER IS ALSO PRESENT.ORE IS AT A DEPTH OF 50-700 FT.

Comments on development

  • POSSIBLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT; EVALUATION WAS UNDER WAY IN 1978. THE ADJACENT GROUND IS HELD BY COLBY MINES LTD. (VANCOUVER, B.C.) WHERE THERE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, DEC. 20, 1978.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KLEINHAMPL, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1970'S
Deposit VERY RECENT DISCOVERY, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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