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Red Rock Claims Nos. 1 and 2.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046842
MRDS ID M242058
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Claims Nos. 1 and 2.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23785, 37.27884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position JUST NE OF RATTLE SNAKE MINE ABOUT 0.5 MILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottys Junction SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 008S 042E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY IS ABOUT 10 TIMES BACKGROUND SAMPLES CONTAIN ABOUT 0.005% CU3 O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23785, 37.27884
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highly Brecciated Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop (Gold Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT INCLINED SHAFT, 2 ADITS, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL WORKINGS WERE FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P.53.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUTUNITE, AZURITE, MALACHITE, SIDERITE AND IRON OXIDES OCCUR ALONG A STRONGLY BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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