Hot Spot No. 1

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045511
MRDS ID M233274
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Spot No. 1
Alternate or previous names Eddie No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9726, 41.83351 (WGS84)
Relative position UTM IS APPROXIMATE TO CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 053E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MILES SW OF MOUNTAIN CITY ON HILL NORTH OF RUSSEL GULCH, ADJOINING THE RODEO GROUNDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ALONG 25 FOOT STRIKE LENGTH: 1000-1200 CPS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.9726, 41.83351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (Possibly Contact)

Comments on the geologic information

  • AUTUNITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES GRANODIORITE FROM PYROXENE ANDESITE OF RUSSEL GULCH. THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS IN A 2.5 FOOT WIDE ZONE, AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • 4 BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUTUNITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES GRANODIORITE FROM PYROXENE ANDESITE. URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY MINERALS
Deposit FOUR BULLDOZER CUTS WERE THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT IN 1968 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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