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Localities U-25, U-11, U-10, U-12.

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046638
MRDS ID M241829
Record type Site
Current site name Localities U-25, U-11, U-10, U-12.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31175, 38.08994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.8 AIR MILE N 70 W FROM CENTER OF TONOPAH, N AND S OF ROUTE 95, 100m To Locality U-10

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)

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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 30,19 NW (30); SW (19) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES DUE WEST OF LAMBERTUCCI AIRSTRIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY= 0.012-0.0-5? MR/HR
Result HIGHS=0.02-0.09 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31175, 38.08994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones, Fractures, Favorable Litholdgies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES, PITS, AND ONE DRILL HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH NE-TRENDING FAULTS AND N-TRENDING FRACTURES IN IRON OXIDE-STAINED TUFFS AND TUFFACEOUS SHALES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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