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Mystery, Good Luck, Good Morning, Pot Luck Claims

Occurrence in Elko 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045505
MRDS ID M233267
Record type Site
Current site name Mystery, Good Luck, Good Morning, Pot Luck Claims
Alternate or previous names Mystery John, Mystern Joker?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.83036, 41.70518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position UTM APPROXIMATE, PLUS OR MINUS 200 M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wild Horse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
045N 055E 18,21,28,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH & EAST OF WILD HORSE RESERVOIR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.83036, 41.70518
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY MAY BE SIMILAR TO HAPPY JOE1 ETC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER PITS & TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM PROSPECTS
Deposit BULLDOZER PITS AND TRENCHES WAS THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1973 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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