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Localities U-32, 33, 34, 35

Occurrence in Nye 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045803
MRDS ID M233635
Record type Site
Current site name Localities U-32, 33, 34, 35

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.32286, 38.16883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Dunes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 041E 25 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ESMERALDA COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND=0.02 MR/HR. HIGH=0.09-0.17 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.32286, 38.16883
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.G., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVE LOCALITIES OCCUR ALONG A N-S LINE. 2 ARE IN LT. SHALES OR SILTSTONES AND TWO ARE IN BUFF SANDSTONE, WITH ONE ASSOCIATED WITH CALCAREOUSLY CEMENTED CONCRETIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 La Pointe, D. D. 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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