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Bobby-Jack, Jeep, and Lincoln Groups

Occurrence in Nye 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044358
MRDS ID M231762
Record type Site
Current site name Bobby-Jack, Jeep, and Lincoln Groups
Alternate or previous names Roan Group, La Salle Claims, Uranium Claims. Localities U-26, 27, 31, 36.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30898, 38.15633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE NYE-ESMERALDA COUNTY BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Dunes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 003N;004N 042E;042E 06;31 N2 (06); W2 (31) Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.13 % U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.010-0.012 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.13 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30898, 38.15633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAKES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Fault-Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT LEAST 5 ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVE AREAS COVERING A FEW TENS TO A FEW HUNDREDS OF SQUARE FEET ARE ALIGNED ALONG A 1-MILE LONG N-S TREND (PROBABLY A FAULT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

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