| Deposit ID | 10042526 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060345 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stalin's Present Prospect |
| Related records | 10222394, 10295170 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.19903, 40.41017 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2060 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 034E | 06 | SW OF SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | RADIOMETRIC DATA: SCINTREX,(4XBG) IN VEIN (20XBG) IN ADIT, MAY BE DUE TO RADON AND MASS EFFECT. SAMPLE OF ALTERED -RHYOLITE WALLROCK WITH DARK VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 533 PPM CU3-08. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.19903, 40.41017 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shearing Parallel To Vein And Faint Flow Structures In Rhyolite. |
| Strike | N30E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 15.24M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rye Patch District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060345 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
GARSIDE, L., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81
NEFF, T. R., 1978, REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE
STAATZ, M. H., 1951, USGS TRACE ELEMENT MEM. REPT. TEM-223.
USAEC, 1952, RMO-927
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG AND IN A 4-TO 10-INCH WIDE ZONE COMPOSED OF HORNBLENDE, DIOPSIDE, CHLORITE, BIOTITE, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, DARK CALCITE, PITCHBLENDE, AND GUMMITE(?). AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IS NEARBY, AND THE MINERALIZED BODY MAY BE A METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS ZENOLITH. SHEAR ZONE 0.5 MI FROM INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH ROCKY CANYON PLUTON. VEIN MATERIAL IS EPIDOTE WITH MINOR URANINITE. |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY A SMALL PIT AND TRENCH, A 63-FOOT ADIT, AND A 47-FOOT WINZE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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