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Snow Creek Uranium Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047515
MRDS ID M242875
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Creek Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Foster Property
Related records 10037018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.72434, 41.60515 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 028E 35,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FROM THE LEONARD CREEK RANCH, DRIVE ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH PAST TIPPERARY MINE, TURN LEFT ON A JEEP TRAIL JUST PAST THE SNOW CREEK CROSSING. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Sericitic, And Silicification

Analytical data

Result UP TO 0.11 % UO, 0.16 % AS, 0.2 % CU. AG, BA, C, F, MO, SB, W, ZN ALSO HIGH IN SOME SAMPLES. MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY MEASURED AT 6500 CPS WHERE BACKGROUND RANGED FROM 60-200 CPS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.72434, 41.60515
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High Angle Ne Fault 2 Km Se Of Occurrence
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply-Dipping Ene Shears And Alaskitic Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike ENE
    Dip 0-70N
    Length 600M
    Width 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek District; Varyville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZED TRENCHES, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • DRILLING PROJECT ACTIVE IN 1980'S. AREA IS ENCLOSED BY THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTOR, S.B. AND MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3485.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #5. GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 59. #6. BENNETT, REB E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY DIPPING VEINS AND A POSSIBLE MANTO. 3 AREAS OF EXPOSED URANIFEROUS ROCK LIE IN A 150 M BY 300 M AREA, ELONGATES ENE. THE MOST EASTERLY EXPOSURE IS THE LARGEST (30 X 100 M) AND CONSISTS OF RADIOACTIVE CHALCEDONY WHICH APPEARS TO FORM A SHALLOWLY-DIPPING MASS. RADIOACTVIVITY IS GENERALLY RESTRICTED TO ENE SHEARS AND IRREGULAR CHALCEDON MASSES. IN ONE PLACE, URANIUM IS CONCENTRATED ALONG LIMONITIZED FRACTURE IN AN ALASKITE DIKE. THE URANIUM WAS PROBABLY INTRODUCED, ALONG WITH SILICA BY HOT WATER ASCENDING ALONG ENE FRACTURE. A LINE OF PRESENTLY ACTIVE COLD WATER SPRINGS IS ALONG STRIKE WEST OF THE OCCURRENCES. THE LARGE EASTERLY EXPOSURE MAY BE SINTER MOUND FORMED AROUND AN EXTINCT HOT SPRING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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