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Old Jawbone

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. 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 10044838
MRDS ID M232452
Record type Site
Current site name Old Jawbone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43123, 40.12434 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Home Station Gap(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 026N 040E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION NOT VERIFIED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Fish Creek Tuff
    Rock description Fish Creek Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43123, 40.12434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Occurrence Within Ring Fracture Zone At Sw Margin Of The Fish Creek Mountain Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF DATED BY K-AR AT 24 MY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jersey District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 22, REFERENCE NO. 3201500179

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM PROSPECT OR OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

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

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