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66 Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10044268
MRDS ID M231653
Record type Site
Current site name 66 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87845, 38.99159 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE ILLINOIS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 036E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION. UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillized And Sericitized Shear Zone.

Analytical data

Result SCINTILLATION COUNTER = 0.5 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87845, 38.99159
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N2E
    Dip 63E
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Marble

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT ADIT AND A 15 FT WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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