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Divide Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043805
MRDS ID M231087
Record type Site
Current site name Divide Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.82879, 39.91545 (WGS84)
Relative position CREST OF RIDGE, 1 MILE WEST OF PEAK 7464

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dogskin 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 019E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

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 > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.82879, 39.91545
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Charcoal In Bentonitic Ash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN MINED (GARSIDE) URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR AS SPECKS AND FINE DISSEMINATIONS IN CHARCOAL AND BENTONITIC ASH AT BASE OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. AREA OF MINERALIZATION IS ABOUT 700 FEET BY 300 FEET, IS UP TO 20 FEET THICK. MINERALIZED ZONE INCLUDES VOLCANIC ASH WITH CHARCOAL STRINGERS, AND CONTAINS GRANODIORITE BOULDERS UP TO 15 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM, RECON, RPT 3767

Reporter information

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

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