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NBMG Sample Site 3855

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047682
MRDS ID M243104
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32707, 39.34935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 033E 07 N2 OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD ON WEST SIDE OF DIXIE VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3855 CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.5% MG, 1% CA, 0.3% TI, 300 PPM MN, 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32707, 39.34935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lakebeds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • OLD STAKES, NO PAPER. APPEARS TO DATE FROM 1970'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOZER CUTS PROSPECTED TERTIARY LAKE-BED SEDIMENTS BY DOZING INTO RESISTANT CLAY MEMBERS AND TUFF MEMBERS. MINOR CU OXIDES PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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