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Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Lignite, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047049
MRDS ID M242291
Record type Site
Current site name Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 459

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86871, 37.98438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/4 MILES N 45 E FROM 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 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)

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 002N 037E 33 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR COALDALE COAL MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Lignite Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHEST RADIOACTIVE READINGS ASSOCIATED WITH VEINLETS; SMOKEY QUARTZ CRYSTALS.

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND = 0.05 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.15 + MR/HR
Result SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.02 TO 2.20% CU308

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 22.8
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 22.8
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mountain Front Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, Striking Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10-20W; ALSO N40-60E
    Dip NEAR 90
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 60.96M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip NEAR 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact With Younger Tertiary Fluvial And Lacustrine Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • YELLOW URANIUM MINERAL OCCURS AS PARTIALLY FILLINGS IN HOLES ONCE OCCUPIED BY FELDSPARS (WHICH ARE GENERALLY ALTERED TO CLAY SMECTITE?; ALSO OCCURING AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND SOMETIMES AS THIN (1 MM) SELVAGES ALONG THE SILICEOUS VEINLETS. THE YELLOW MINERALS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIOACTIVITY, BUT IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY HYPOGENE (4 VALENT) URANIUM MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Coaldale District (Gilbert District?)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Burkett (Goldfield); Sold To Pacific Gold And Uuranium
    Home office 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 105, Los Angeles, Ca

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1952
    Total resources 158000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.03 wt-pct Uranium Major 1952

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES CALCULATED TO A DEPTH OF 50 FEET

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, BULLDOZER ROAD, RECENT DRILL HOLES, PROBABLY FOR URANIUM.

Comments on development

  • 6 OR MORE ROTARY DRILL HOLES DRILLED, PROBABLY IN 1981, IN THE LOW RELIEF AREA SOUTH OF THE MAIN RADIOACTIVE LOCALITY ON THE LOW HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM IS IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED IN SILICEOUS VEINLETS, IN A SILICEOUS BRECCIA PIPE, ALONG LIMONITE-STAINED JOINT SURFACES AND AS INCRUSTATIONS AND CAVITY FILLINGS. VEINLETS AND SMALL IRREGULAR PODS OF HIGHER GRADE URANIUM ROCK OUTCROP OF BROWN TO BLACK FE-MN OXIDE-BEARING SILICEOUS SINTER, 1M THICK AND 10 M LONG.
Deposit NEARBY LIGNITE BEDS IN THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE NOT URANIFEROUS. SINTER APPEARS TO BE FROM PALEO-HOT SPRINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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