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Contact Group

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092544
MRDS ID M035961
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25096, 38.96659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 18 MI. NW OF GABBS, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 033E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.06 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25096, 38.96659
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anomalous Radioactivity Occurs Along The Brecciated Portion Of Contact Between Lmst And Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, TRENCHES, SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.04 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.60 MR/HR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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