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Walker Lake Uranium

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270951
MAS/MILS ID 0320210407
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Lake Uranium

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.71536, 38.70932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1216
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 029 E 23 C E2SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.71536, 38.70932
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST,DEC.10,197

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATION OF URANIUM IN WATER:130 PARTS PER BILLION

  • Deposit

    ESTIMATED 600 ST OF URANIUM ARE DISSOLVED IN WATER OF WALKER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.