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Uranium Prospect #2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047544
MRDS ID M242907
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27072, 40.33489 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purgatory Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(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 029N 024E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27072, 40.33489
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hooker District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 150 FT BY 2 FT DEEP TRENCHES AND ONE PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUMSEY, C.M., 1986, USBM MLA 35-86

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON-OXIDE STAINED CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND RHYOLITE, TRENDING GENERALLY EASTERLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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