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Ladd and Sherdson's Group

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045014
MRDS ID M232666
Record type Site
Current site name Ladd and Sherdson's Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98074, 41.79181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGhee Mountain(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 045N 026E 24,25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TRACE URANIUM

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98074, 41.79181
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Ladd And Shepardson

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 3218.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, DOZER CUTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit A GROUP OF 12 CLAIMS WAS LOCATED IN 1956 BY LADD AND SHEPARDSON. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 3 PITS, 2 DOZER CUTS AND 3 ROADS OR CUTS, TOTALLING ABOUT 2 MILES IN LENGTH. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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