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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043828
MRDS ID M231111
Record type Site
Current site name Thunderbird Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59878, 39.816 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(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 021E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59878, 39.816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip VERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. American Rockwell
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • PRESENCE OF URANIUM MINERALS NOTED IN PRELIMINARY RECON REPORT BY ATOMIC ENERGY COMM GEOLOGIST IN 1955. BONHAN SAW NO VISIBLE URANIUM MINERALS IN 1963. OLD WORKINGS ORE ALONG A FAULT ZONE CONSISTING OF BRECCIATED BLOCKS OF WELDED ASH FLOW TUFF IN GOUGE MATRIX.

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

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3784

Reporter information

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

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