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Happy Joe No. 1

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045513
MRDS ID M233277
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Joe No. 1
Alternate or previous names Big Joe1?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81898, 41.76907 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merritt Mountain(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
Mount Diablo 045N 055E 19,20,29,30,31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION ABOVE IS FOR THE HAPPY MENDIVE SITE. UTM FOR THE BIG JOKE CLAIM IS N:4622900;E:598300;Z:+11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY - .03 MR/HR
Result HIGH= .5 MR/HR. A 5-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE RAN .08 U308(URANIUM OXIDE)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81898, 41.76907
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • AUTUNITE OCCURS IN FAULT ZONES. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS FOR AT LEAST ONE HALF MILE ALONG THE STRUCTURE AND A BRANCHING STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Comments on the production information

  • 225 TONS ORE CONTAINING 0.5% U308(URANIUM OXIDE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONES CONTAINING AUTUNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) 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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