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Weepah Uranium Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047029
MRDS ID M242270
Record type Site
Current site name Weepah Uranium Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50175, 37.93466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(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)

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
001N 040E 20,21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 14 CLAIMS . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.04 MR/HR (SURFACE), 0.15 MR/HR, (PIT)
Result HIGH=0.50 MR/HR (PIT). A 2-FT CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.08% EU3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.50175, 37.93466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 60 N W
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS, 6-8 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG A NE-TRENDING FAULT ZONE 0.5-2 FT WIDE.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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