Rundberg Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10104008
MRDS ID M232928
Record type Site
Current site name Rundberg Mine
Alternate or previous names Early Day Mine, Apex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09982, 39.45825 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 043E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09982, 39.45825

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aplitedikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN QUARTZITE OF CAMBRIAN AGE ALONG EAST-TRENDINGRHYOLITE DIKES AND IN BRECCIATED CONTACT ZONES WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. URANIUM MINERALS ARE LOCALIZED ALONG THE DIKES, BRECCIA ZONES, ANTICLINAL FOLDS, AND FAULTS IN THE QUARTZITE AND IN CCRUSHED SHALY SILTSTONE BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL URANIUM PRODUCTION FOR THE STATE OF NEVADA (ESTIMATED AT26,000 TONS OF ORE THROUGH 1969 WORTH $470,000).

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TRENCHES, PITS, AND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS FIRST MINED AS A SILVER DEPOSIT. FIVE TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $97/TON, WERE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19779 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H.,(UNPUB.), REPORT ON APEX MINES: NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODIES MINED WERE SMALL AND THE GRADE OF THE ORE WAS MARGINAL. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TRENCHES, PITS, AND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THIS DEPOSIT IS AT THE SITE OF AN EARLIER SILVER DEPOSIT.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN QUARTZITE OF CAMBRIAN AGE ALONG EAST-TRENDING RHYOLITE DIKES AND IN CONTACT ZONES WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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