| Deposit ID | 10046820 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242032 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gap Strike Group, Sammy Group and Wolf Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.96065, 37.95994 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 1/4 AIRMILES DUE WEST OF EMIGRANT PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rhyolite Ridge NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001N | 036E | 03,10 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Result | BACKGROUND = 0.025 MR/HR |
|---|---|
| Result | HIGH = 0.40 MR/HR. A 3-FT CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02% CU3O8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -117.96065, 37.95994 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1967 |
| District name | Coaldale District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242032 |
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. BULL 81
U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECON. REPT 3456.
FINCH, 1967, GEOLOGY OF EPIGENETIC URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONE IN THE U.S.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 538, 121 P.
USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
NBMG BULL 78, 1972, P. 60.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AUTUNITE AND MINOR CARNOTITE (?) ARE DISSEMINATED IN LACUSTRINE TUFFS AND POORLY CONSOLIDATED FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-81 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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