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Uranium Deposit

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044545
MRDS ID M232030
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86676, 37.98494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 3.5 MILES NE OF EMIGRANT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 037E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.002 TO 1.86% URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer N.M. Denson And D.C. Duncan

Mining district

District name Coaldale District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED IN SILICEOUS VEINLETS, IN A SILICEOUS PIPE, ALONG LIMONITE-STAINED JOINT SURFACES, AND AS INCRUSTATIONS IN WELDED RHYOLITIC TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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