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River Road Mine

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072162
MRDS ID W016488
Record type Site
Current site name River Road Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91764, 38.48325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 8 MI. SW OF WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 027E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result 2.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02 PERCENT EU3O8, ANOTHER 1.7 FT. CONTAINED 0.03 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91764, 38.48325
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material Within Tuffaceous Sediments Of The Cole Valley Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT FUTURE POTENTIAL EXISTS WITHIN THE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT DIAMOND DRILL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA BY UNKNOWN PRIVATE INTEREST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81

  • Production

    F( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.02 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.40 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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