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Nevada Group Nos. 1-43

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10037011
MRDS ID M029077
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Group Nos. 1-43
Alternate or previous names Buff Peak Uranium- West Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37599, 41.36238 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parrot Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 032E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W. FLANK BUFF PEAK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOTTLE CREEK (1961) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND=0.02 MR/HR.
Result HIGH=0.40 MR/HR A 2-FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02% U3O8.. RADIOACTIVITY RANGED UP TO 4000 CPS AT THIS SITE. 2 SAMPLES CONTAINED 35 AND 830 PPM U308. CU, F, AND SB WERE AL-SO ANOMALOUSLY HIGH.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37599, 41.36238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG OPALIZED LENSES OF TERTIARY RHYOLITIC FLOWS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD CHECK REPORT, 7/80

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPT 3484.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL LARGE BULLDOZER CUTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Lapointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Lapointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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