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Lowary

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. 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 10043816
MRDS ID M231099
Record type Site
Current site name Lowary
Alternate or previous names Maue-Mcray

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67795, 39.90267 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Peak(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)

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;024N 021E;020E 31;36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    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) -119.67795, 39.90267
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN AND ADJACENT TO A FAULT ZONE IN WELDED TUFF. MINE PRODUCED A SMALL, BUT UNKNOWN, TONNAGE OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U S ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3775

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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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