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4-D Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045303
MRDS ID M233003
Record type Site
Current site name 4-D Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39206, 38.21271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Huntoon Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 0325 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30-40 W
    Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homer E. And Mildred G. Behm

Comments on the workings information

  • OLDER WORKINGS INCLUDE INCLINE AND STEEP N75 E STRUCTURE; NEWER WORKINGS, OPEN CUTS, GENTLE INCLINE 100 FT LONG AND 50-FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS, ALSO ZONES OF ALTERATION IN GRANITIC WALL ROCK OF THE NEWER OPEN CUTS; RADIOACTIVITY ONLY ABOUT TWICE BACKGROUND IN THE NEWER INCLINED SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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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