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Thorium Prospect

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Thorium, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037172
MRDS ID M031049
Record type Site
Current site name Thorium Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12916, 35.40251 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 6 MILES S OF CRESCENT PEAK, 3000 M., 3000 M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029S 061E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 6 MI. SOUTH OF CRESCENT PEAK AND WITHIN THE NEVADA AND CLARK COUNTY BOUNDARIES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12916, 35.40251
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QTZ. MONZONITE INTRUSIVE BODY IN PREC ROCKS, ALTERED TO MONAZITE - APATITE ROCK IN VERTICLE PIPE 75 FEET IN DIAMETER CENTRAL 25 - 30 FEET IS BRICK RED W/30 % MONAZITE AND 60 % APATITE. ROCK IS STRONGLY RADIOACTIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 180

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEVELOPMENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-79 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) 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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