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Yorhees Oil Wells

Occurrence in Lander 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044817
MRDS ID M232424
Record type Site
Current site name Yorhees Oil Wells

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88455, 40.61323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blossom Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 045E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND
    Depth to top 17.68M
    Depth to bottom 27.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVE BLACK SANDS ARE REPORTED AT DEPTHS OF 58 TO 89 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Battle Mountain Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 192, REFERENCE NO. 3201500186

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, N.B.M. BULL 81.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVE BLACK SANDS REPORTED AT DEPTHS OF 58 TO 89 FEET
Deposit THE OCCURRANCE IS LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF HIGHWAY 40. NEAR THE LANDER COUNTY AIRPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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