Hoodoo Claim Group

Occurrence in Nye 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150530
MAS/MILS ID 0320231083
Record type Site
Current site name Hoodoo Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.92672, 39.02413 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildcat Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 013 N 045 E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE CLAIM BLOCK COVERS PARTS OF WILDCAT PEAK, WILDCAT CANYON, NORTHUMBERLAND PASS AND JET SPRING 7.5 MIN. QUAD MAPS. AREA OF ANOMALOUS URANIUM IS IN SECS. 32, 33,T. 13 N., R. 45 E. 12 NORANDA MINING CO. SAMPLES FROM 3 1/2 SEC. 32 ARE ABOUT 10 TIMES BACKGROUND FOR URANIUM. FORMERLY THIS SAME GROUP COVERED BY 880 ZIG CLAIMS. CLAIM GROUP COVERS ORIGINAL SITE OF THE BLUE BELL (CHLORINATION) MILL SITE (1870) LOCATED AT SPRINGS IN WEST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON AT ELEVATION 7,280 FEET. HOODOO CLAIM GROUP OVERSTAKED ZIG GROUP (0320231084).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.92672, 39.02413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1995 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.