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Independence Group 1-12

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043812
MRDS ID M231095
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Group 1-12

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9588, 39.94378 (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 024N 018E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9588, 39.94378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane

Ore body information

  • Dip 30-35 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AUTUNITE (?) AND AN UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW URANIUM OCCUR WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AT THE BASE OF THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. THE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IS DISCONTINOUS, AND THICKNESS VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO OVER SIX FEET. MINERALIZATION IN THE BED CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE. THE BEDS DIP 30 DEG TO 35 DEG SW. (GARSIDE, P103)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L J, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    U S ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3787

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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