Dacie Creek

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044837
MRDS ID M232451
Record type Site
Current site name Dacie Creek
Alternate or previous names Dacie Dam, Fish Creek, Daisy Creek, Squaw Teat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.35539, 40.24129 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Creek Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N;028N 041E;041E 01,02,03;34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TWO GRUB SAMPLES ASSAYED .047 & .053% ELL3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.35539, 40.24129

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Occurrence Along Northern Margin Of The Fish Creek Mtns Clldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Daisy Creek Flows Along The Trace Of A North Trending Normal Fault Down Thrown To The West. An Associated Series Of Folds Trend Ne Away From The Fault In The Ne Corner Of Sec 9 T27n, R41e.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • A THIN DEDDED WATER LAIN TUGT OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE CONTAINS ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY. THIN LENSES OF OPAL CONFORM TO THE BEDDING OF THE TUFF. HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY IS ALONG MINOR FE-STAINED FRACTURES IN THE NEARLY HORIZONTAL TUFFS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jersey District

Comments on development

  • 300 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., NBM BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 52, REF. NO. 3201500054, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 25.600

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE L. J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NBM BUL 81

  • Deposit

    MCKEE E. H. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MT MOSES QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN-BEDDED WATER-LAID TUFF OVERLAIN BY RHYDLITE CONTAINS ANDMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY. THIN LENSES OF OPAL CONFORM TO TUFF-BEDDING.
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 300 CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE MM AND FISH BLOCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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