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McKenney Camp Uranium Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10045021
MRDS ID M232673
Record type Site
Current site name McKenney Camp Uranium Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.10685, 41.89293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF BIG SPRING RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thousand Creek Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 025E 15,21,22,23,27,28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF HIGHWAY 140, 62 KM. WEST OF DENIO. <ACTUAL SLAIMS COVER A MUCH LARGER AREA, MOSTLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE ACTUAL CAMP FOR WHICH UTM COORDINATES ARE GIVEN (SEE MAP)>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU AND AG
Result LESS THAN 0.005% U3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.10685, 41.89293
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Many Locators Of Many Claims

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • AREA HAS 116 MINING CLAIMS LOCATED FROM 1955 TO 1969 BY MANY PERSON

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS AREA HAS 116 MINING CLAIMS, LOCATED FROM 1955 THROUGH 1969 BY MANY PERSONS. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 15 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS IN ALLUVIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1955-1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS.
Updater 06-NOV-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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