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Idle Wild Claims

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10044236
MRDS ID M231610
Record type Site
Current site name Idle Wild Claims
Alternate or previous names Idlewild

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57872, 39.02936 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Shoshone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 039E 03,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION TO WITHIN ONE MILE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) The Mineralized Zone Is Silicified And Bleached 6-10 Ft Wide.

Analytical data

Result A 6-FT HORIZONTAL CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.01 % U308

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57872, 39.02936
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30-50 W
    Dip 50-70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUFF IS NEAR A 2 FT CLAY BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN FIELD CHECK BY L.J.GARSIDE IN AUG.1981. HE SPECULATES THAT THE HAZEL E. MIGHT BE THE SAME AS THE IDLEWILD CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL. 81, P. 85

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPT 3647.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J. 1981, FIELD CHECK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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