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Unnamed Uranium

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043794
MRDS ID M231075
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.44156, 39.84878 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pah Rah Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 023E 19,30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.44156, 39.84878
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PLEISTOCENE LACUSTINE SEDIMENTS OF LAKE LAHONTAN ARE RADIOACTIVE IN AN AREA OF A FEW TENS OF SQUARE FEET. THE ROCKS ARE COBBLE CONGLOMERATES AND CROSS-BEDDED SANDSTONES WHICH ARE CEMENTED BY AND INTERBEDDED WITH CALCAROUS TUFA. THE CLASTIC DEBRIS IS MAINLY FROM OLDER VOLCANIC ROCKS. NO URANIUM MINERALS WERE NOTED, AND RADIOACTIVITY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RESTRICTED TO PARTICULAR BEDS OR OTHER STRUCTURAL FEATURES (GARSIDE, P 107)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., PRELIM RECON RPT. 3781.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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