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Foster 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044361
MRDS ID M231765
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Group
Alternate or previous names Atlas Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33064, 38.16216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MILES FROM THE NYE-ESMERALDA COUNTY BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Dunes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 004N 041E 36 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLES REPORTEDLY CONTAIN 0.021 AND 0.028 % U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.015 MR/HR. HIGH = 0.17-0.21 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33064, 38.16216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N 15 E, Dipping Vertical.

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS; EXTENSIVE BULLDOZER SCRAPING, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 90-91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY IS LOCALIZED IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT FOR 300-400 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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