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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047375
MRDS ID M242664
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01543, 40.24739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES SW FROM PORTER SPRINGS, 2 MILES W OF ADOBE FLAT, 3.5 E OF JUNIPER SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bob 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 027N 026E 01 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MILE UP CANYON FROM ITS MOUTH AND END OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM IS SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED AND OF LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization; Limonite Staining

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND COUNT IN PEGMATITE IS 150 CPS, BUT LIMONITE SPOTS IN THE PEGMATITE COUNT UP TO 1050 CPS, ESPECIALLY ALONG JOINTS. SAMPLE MEX 253 OF MED. CRYSTALLINE LIMONITE-STAINED PEGMATITE ASSAYS 262 PPM CU308.

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01543, 40.24739
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Portion Of Eugeosynclinal Part Of Basin And Range Province Of Nevada
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Dike With Major Joints

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 0.61M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Limonite-Stained Joints

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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