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Yellow Star Prospects

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037005
MRDS ID M029070
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Star Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1121, 41.69988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 25 MILES WEST OF OROVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thacker Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 034E 12,13,11,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EITHERSIDE THACKER CREEK AS IT CUTS MONTANA MTNS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1121, 41.69988
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District; Disaster Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION EXCEPT SHOWN AS 2 URANIUM PROSPECTS ON VYA SHEET, 250,000 SCALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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