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Boerlin Ranch Property

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044900
MRDS ID M232530
Record type Site
Current site name Boerlin Ranch Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01653, 38.46909 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. W OF EAST WALKER RIVER ON A RIDGE TOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Elbow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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)

Wovoka Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 07N 027E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.009% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01653, 38.46909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 24.38M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALTERED, IRON-STAINED FAULT ZONE AT LEAST 80 FT. LONG & UP TO 25 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 81

  • Deposit

    STAATZ & BAUER, 1953, URANIUM IN THE EAST WALKER RIVER AREA, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 988-C

  • Deposit

    STAATZ & BAUER, 1954, WASHINGTON DISTRICT; IN RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1009-C

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO CLAIMS LOCATED OR WORK DONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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