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Amalgamated Uranium Co. Mines

Past Producer 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. Materials 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045464
MRDS ID M233210
Record type Site
Current site name Amalgamated Uranium Co. Mines
Alternate or previous names Carol R. Mine, Wespacgroup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46206, 38.51353 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 008N 032E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:250000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1955 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SPECIMEN 0.40% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46206, 38.51353
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SEDIMENTS OVERLIE GRANITE, AND LIE BENEATH A BASALT FLOW, AND ARE INTRUDED BY A SMALL, PERLITIC RHYOLITE NECK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Amalgamated Uranium Co. Mine
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. And W. R. Lyle And D. S. Baker

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND SMALLER PITS AND BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS. RECENT DRILLING REPORTED (1972).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARNOTITE OCCURS BETWEEN GRAINS AND DISSEMINATED ALONG BEDDING AND FRACTURES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE MARGIN OF A PERLITIC RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE IN THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SOME RADIOACTIVITY WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE BASALT OVERLYING THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Deposit HIGHEST RADIOACTIVE READINGS IN THE PIT WERE 0.6 MR/HR WITH A BACKGROUND OF 0.03 TO 0.05 MR/HR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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