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Margale Prospect

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045054
MRDS ID M232712
Record type Site
Current site name Margale Prospect
Related records 10295692

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4546, 40.86433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF JUNGO IN W.P.R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N;034N 031E;031E 36;06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND=0.009MR/HR
Result HIGH=0.02MR/HR, TRACE U3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4546, 40.86433
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highly Brecciated Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND 100-FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT ABOUT 100 FT. LONG ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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