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Sophie Group

Occurrence in Carson City 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043784
MRDS ID M231065
Record type Site
Current site name Sophie Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.81406, 39.14823 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(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

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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 019E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.81406, 39.14823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SLIGHT RADIOACTIVITY ALONG A NEAR VERTICAL 2'-5' WIDE PEGMATITE DIKE THAT TRENDS N40 DEG E, DIKES CUT MES SCHISTS AND PHYLLITES, ARE COMPOSED MAINLY OF QTZ AND FELDSPAR, WITH SOME MAGNETITE-RICH AREAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 197

Reporter information

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

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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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