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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047336
MRDS ID M242622
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.24739, 40.39183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILE SSE OF KUMIVA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Betty Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 024E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE WSW FROM CATTLE TROUGH ON COWLES RANCH ON THE JUNIPER SPRINGS ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM CONTENT IS TOO LOW AND SCATTERED TO BE ECONOMIC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Deuteric Alteration; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result 6X BG, 3X5 FT, 3XBG. 1150 CPS MAX. MOUNT SOPRIS. SAMPLE MEX 217 CONTAINED 77 PPM U308 (COARSE LEUCOGRANITE)
Result SAMPLE MEX 218 (QUARTZ MONZONITE WALL ROCK) CONTAINED 3.0 PPM U308.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Part Of Eugeosynclinal Portion Of Nevada Basin & Range Province
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Normal Fault Of Selenite Range And Dike Swarms Nearly Normal To Selenite Horst

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 90
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 0

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hooker District; Empire District; Gerlach District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NO EXPLORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEFF, THOMAS R., AUG 79, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ARE RESTRICTED TO DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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