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Crescent Claims

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043801
MRDS ID M231082
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Claims
Alternate or previous names Seven Lakes Prospect Bonham, Plate 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9538, 39.906 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Lakes Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 018E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9538, 39.906
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure

Ore body information

  • Strike N72E
    Dip 60NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Along Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AN UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW URANIUM MINERAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH A GLASS DIKE WHICH FOLLOWS A FAULT. THE DIKE IS ABOUT 2 INCHES WIDE, STRIKES N 72 DEG E AND DIPS 60 DEG NW IN HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. NEARBY MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS COATINGS ON JOINTS AND FRACTURE SURFACES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., PRELIM RECONN. RPTS, 3772, 3791

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO'S NEV. NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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