Gap Strike Group, Sammy Group and Wolf Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046820
MRDS ID M242032
Record type Site
Current site name Gap Strike Group, Sammy Group and Wolf Group

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 036E 03,10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND = 0.025 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.40 MR/HR. A 3-FT CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02% CU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96065, 37.95994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Mining district

District name Coaldale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL TRENCH

Comments on development

  • GAP STRIKE GROUP = 21 CLAIMS; SAMMY GROUP = 2 CLAIMS; WOLF GROUP = 8 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. BULL 81

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECON. REPT 3456.

  • Deposit

    FINCH, 1967, GEOLOGY OF EPIGENETIC URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONE IN THE U.S.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 538, 121 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, 1972, P. 60.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUTUNITE AND MINOR CARNOTITE (?) ARE DISSEMINATED IN LACUSTRINE TUFFS AND POORLY CONSOLIDATED FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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