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Name Unknown Radioactive Occurrence

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Coal
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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 10046817
MRDS ID M242029
Record type Site
Current site name Name Unknown Radioactive Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86371, 37.98772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE S30E FROM GAP SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 001N 036E 04 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Coal Secondary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND = 0.015 MR/HR.
Result HIGH = 0.06 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Esmeralda
    Rock description Esmeralda
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86371, 37.98772
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Economic information

Ore body information

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Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CONGLOMERATE MAY BE NEAR THE BASE OF A TERTIARY CLASTIC SECTION WHICH HERE OVERLIES THE ORDOVICIAN PALMETTO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coaldale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS, SHALLOW ADIT, 2 SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • A FEW CUTS AND PITS HAVE BEEN DUG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 13 JUL 82.

  • Deposit

    TOENGES, A.L., ETAL, 1946, USBM TECH PAPER 687, 79 P.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., AND PAPKE, K.G., 1980, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF NEVADA COAL RESOURCES; NBMG, OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-5, 73 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SPOTS IN A TERTIARY BENTONITIC CONGLOMERATE ARE SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE; COAL BED IS EXPOSED AT SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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