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White Hill No. 1

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. Materials information
  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 10046140
MRDS ID M234116
Record type Site
Current site name White Hill No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65118, 40.61269 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Lee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 056E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BLUFF, 1 MILE N. OF CHARLES DOWN RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65118, 40.61269
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS ARE PART OF THE LACUSTRINE AND FLOUIATE LAKE TERTIORY HUMBOLDT FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lee (?)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK RADIOACTIVITY IN OPALIZED ZONES CONTAINING A LITTLE CARBONTRASH IRON & MANGANESE OXIDES ARE PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 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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