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Rich and Rare Claim, Quinseck Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046636
MRDS ID M241827
Record type Site
Current site name Rich and Rare Claim, Quinseck Prospect
Alternate or previous names Locality U-23

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27898, 38.08494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Relative position ABOUT 3.0 AIRMILES N65W FROM CENTER OF TONOPAN, JUST N OF RTE 95.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 29 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.3 MILE SW OF LAMBER TUCCI AIRSTRIP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.012 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.07 MR/HR. SIX AND 3-FT CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.06 AND 0.02 % UZ OZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27898, 38.08494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 17 E
    Dip 75 W

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

  • BULLDOZER CUTS AND DRILLHOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P.49-50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN AREA OF 10 TO 20 SQUARE FEET IN IRON-STAINED TUFFS IS RADIOACTIVE. A FAULT ZONE MAY LOCALIZE SOME ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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