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Hot No. 1 Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Manganese, Zinc, Molybdenum, Beryllium, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095369
MRDS ID M030042
Record type Site
Current site name Hot No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Hill Claim, Nighthawk Mine, Night Hawk, Blue Bird No. 1, Granite, Granate
Related records 10271235

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9473, 38.60104 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 3.9 MILES WEST OF BELMONT TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 19,30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WULFENITE FOUND IN OXIDIZED ZONES AND MOLYBDENITE FOUND IN DEEPER UNOXIDIZED ZONES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Limonitized Shear Zones.

Analytical data

Result A 3.2 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.05 % U308. SELECT SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 0.3 % U308. 1980-A SAMPLE FROM THE ADIT CONTAINED 1500 PPM MN, 10 PPM BE, 200 PPM MO, 500 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9473, 38.60104
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N 10 E, 80 Se Shear Zone Cutting Granite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 155 FT ADIT, A SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 89

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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