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Halloween Mine

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10037766
MRDS ID M035955
Record type Site
Current site name Halloween Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.95514, 38.49159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 10 MI NORTH 72 DEGREES WEST FROM COREY PEAK

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 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 4.06 PPM TO 6000 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.95514, 38.49159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Separates Granitic From Sedimentary Rock

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE PARALLEL TO FAULT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATED ALONG FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INTENSIVE EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE AREA HAS YIELDED VERY POSITIVE RESULTS WHICH INDICATE FUTURE POTENTIAL

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND SHAFT

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 40 TIMES BG LOCALLY
Deposit TARGET FOR RECENT DRILLING HAS BEEN CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITHIN THE WIDESPREAD COLE VALLEY FORMATION TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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