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Gamma Group Nos. 1 and 2

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lignite, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246275
MAS/MILS ID 0320010246
Record type Site
Current site name Gamma Group Nos. 1 and 2
Alternate or previous names Gamma Group 9nos 1 and 2, Gamma Lignite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.77655, 39.20822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 037 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Secondary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.77655, 39.20822
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARROWS, K.J., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN DESATOYA

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, CHURCHILL AND LANDER COUNTIES, NV, PHD THESIS,

  • Deposit

    UNIV OF CALIFORNIA AT L.A. 349 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 18-19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-94 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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