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Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037769
MRDS ID M035960
Record type Site
Current site name Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85517, 38.9499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4.5 MI. EAST OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 019E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slightly Anomalous Radioactivity Associated With Pegmatite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Tahoe Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.03 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.05 MR/HR

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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