Geranium Claims

Occurrence in Alpine county in California, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037764
MRDS ID M035953
Record type Site
Current site name Geranium Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9135, 38.57491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 2.5 MI NORTH 7 DEGREES EAST OF EBBETTS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pacific Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado 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 California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 020E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 3.3 PPM TO 384 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9135, 38.57491

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE PARALLEL TO CHANNEL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluviatile Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF HILLSIDE NEAR ADIT COVERED BY MORAINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ebbetts Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DURHAM, D. L.; FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 16 TO 18 TIMES BG IN ADIT; 2 TO 3 TIMES BG NEAR ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

Authoritative California resources

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