Peek-A-Boo Claims

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold
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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043763
MRDS ID M231043
Record type Site
Current site name Peek-A-Boo Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68406, 39.03157 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McTarnahan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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

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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 020E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68406, 39.03157

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ANOMALONS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG SEVERAL NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULTS AND PYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN TERTIORY RHYOLITE. OLD GOLD PROSPECT PITS, LOCATION WITHIN SECTION INDEFINITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., RELIM. RECONN RPT, 3395

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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