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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047374
MRDS ID M242663
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.04877, 40.081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1510
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE ROAD CONNECTING TOULON ON I-80 AND HGWY 34 WHERE IT CROSSES MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluewing Spring(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 026E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE SPRING IN THE THIRD MAJOR CANYON SOUTH OF THEMAIN ROAD CROSSING THE SHAWAVE MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized By Deuteric Alteration; Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE MEX 247 OF ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTAINS 451.4 PPM CU308. SAMPLE MEX 248 OF ALTERED APLITE-PEGMATITE DIKES CONTAINS 131 PPM CU308. RADIOMETRIC DATA: 10X BG, 1500 CPS, 1-3 FT. MEX 247 GEOMETRIX, 100 SECOND COUNT, TG-451.4 CPS, K-22.6 CPS, U-11.6 CPS, TH-3.6 CPS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.04877, 40.081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mobile Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints, Normal Faults Of Small Dis Placement

Ore body information

  • Length 0.91M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIONS AND SUBSEQUENT CRYSTALLIZATION OF A SWARM OF APLITE-PEGMATITE DIKES CAUSED HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS TO PENETRATE PLUTONIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO THE DIKES, AND LOCALLY TO DEPOSIT URANIUM ALONG JOINT PLANES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juniper Range District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEFF, THOMAS R., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOO LOW GRADE AND WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO BE ECONOMIC. URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS ALONG DEEPLY LIMONITE-STAINED JOINT SURFACES CROSS CUTTING ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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