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Cortez Canyon Uraniun

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044679
MRDS ID M232241
Record type Site
Current site name Cortez Canyon Uraniun

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65899, 40.22713 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027 047 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:62500 QUADRANGLE IS A 1938 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Roberts Mtn. Limestone
    Rock description Roberts Mtn. Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65899, 40.22713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AUTUNITE WAS FOUND IN A BULLDOZER CUT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORTEZ GOLD DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cortez Canyon Uraniun

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT

Comments on development

  • AUTUNITE WAS DISCOVERED IN A BULL DOZER CUT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORTEZ GOLD DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNE MUCCA) MILS NO. 46 REFERENCE NO. 3201500187

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, N.B.M. BULL 81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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