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Petrified Tree Group

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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043819
MRDS ID M231102
Record type Site
Current site name Petrified Tree Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68934, 39.70128 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffith Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(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 021N 020E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonization

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68934, 39.70128
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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 Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • URANIUM MINERALS IN SILICIFIED AND CARBONIZED LOGS AND PLANT MATERIAL IN ASH-RICH BENTONITIC UNIT BELOW BASE OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. SABNGALITE & AUTINITE OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES AND LAYERS IN THE WOOD, AND DISSEMINATED IN THE WEATHERED METAMORPHIC ROCKS UNDERLYING THE BENTONITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L J, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 197

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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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