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Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10044941
MRDS ID M232583
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4904, 40.95433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position JUST NW OF TOWN OF COLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 040E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND = 40CPS
Result HIGH = 450CPS. METALS IN THE SPRING WATERS INCLUDE AS (0.02 PPM), MN (0.10 PPM), CU (0.05 PPM), HG (0.0001 PPM), LI(0.36 PPM).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4904, 40.95433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L. J. AND SCHILLING, J., 1979, NBMG BULL 91.

  • Deposit

    S.E.G. GUIDEBOOK, 1980, UNPUB.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SPRING AND ITS DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED TO BE MODERATELY RADIOACTIVE. THE WATER CONTAINS A FEW P.P.M. THORIUM.SPRINGS RANGE FROM 109 TO 165 DEGREES F. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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