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Lucky 9 Uranium Claims

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Uranium, Zirconium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068499
MRDS ID W001570
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky 9 Uranium Claims
Alternate or previous names White Rose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00096, 38.61659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MI. NW OF FLYING W RANCH HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wichman Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 027E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AU, AG PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00096, 38.61659
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEDIMENTARY DEPOSIT (CONSOLIDATED)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Wilson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky 9 Uranium, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 1179, El Centro, Ca 92243
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lucky 9 Uranium, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 1179, El Centro, Ca 92243
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED FOR URANIUM BY THERMAL SURVEYS, RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS, DRILLING, TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 117 CLAIMS
Deposit 117 CLAIMS HELD BY LUCKY 9 URANIUM INCORPORATED OF RENO, IN 1958. AREA EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED FOR URANIUM BY THERMAL SURVEYS, RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS, DRILLING, TRENCHING, & EXPLORATION WORKINGS (3 SHORT ADITS & SEVERAL TRENCHES). SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF 7 SAMPLES (2 CLAYS, 2 SANDSTONES, ONE BLACK SAND, A METAVOLCANIC, & AN ADIT SAMPLE) GAVE TI RANGING FROM 0.3 TO 5.0%, ZR 0.01 TO 0.3%. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. U.S. Geological Survey

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