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Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045008
MRDS ID M232660
Record type Site
Current site name Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.9088, 41.87709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1375
Relative position 23 MILES WEST FROM DENIO ON HGHWY. 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thousand Creek Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 027E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO ONE OF SEVERAL PROSPECTED AREAS

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Charles Baker, Jack Neal And Roy Clifton

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Baker, Jack Neal And Roy Clifton

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 BULLDOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • 20 CLAIMS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 CLAIMS, LOCATED IN 1955 BY CHARLES BAKER; URANIUM KING, AND LUCKY JACK CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1955 BY JACK NEAL AND ROY CLIFTON. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 45 BULLDOZER CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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