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Virginia Group

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047094
MRDS ID M242342
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Group
Alternate or previous names Virginia Claims 17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.68203, 37.76716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position JUST NORTH OF TOWN OF SILVER PEAK, To Near Center Of Section Where Claims Are Located

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 002S 39E 15 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 17 CLAIMS AT EDGE OF CLAYTON VALLEY DRY LAKE BED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY= 0.03 MR/HR
Result HIGH= 1.0 MR/HR. ONE SAMPLE RAN 0.235% EU3O8/0.004% CU3O8. GRAB SAMPLE RAN 0.03% CU3O8

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOT SPRINGS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CLAYTON VALLEY DRY LAKE ARE REPORTEDLY RADIOACTIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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