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Unnamed Uranium 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10045099
MRDS ID M232761
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Prospect
Related records 10271427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82766, 41.96571 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordero Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 037E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N.W. 1/4 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 0.035% U3O8 REPORTED

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82766, 41.96571
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: SMALL FLAKES OF AUTUNITE (?) WERE NOTED OF FRACTURES IN SPECIMENS OF A TERTIARY TUFFACIOUS SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Opalite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYTUBA, J. J., 1976, USGS OFR 76-535

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

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

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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