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Yellow Jacket Claims

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095695
MRDS ID M231120
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99435, 39.891 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Lakes Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 018E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99435, 39.891
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous, Humic Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN A SEQUENCE OF UPPER TERTIARY SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES. SPORADIC HUMIC-RICH AREAS IN A CREAM-COLORED CLAYSTONE ARE SOME WHAT RADIOACTIVE (GARSIDE, P 104)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LJ RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3786

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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