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Lowboy Mine

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045176
MRDS ID M23286,
Record type Site
Current site name Lowboy Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • The trailing comma in the old_MRDS_ID M23286, goes back at least as far as the 2000 CD. It could be a changed 7th character, as M232861 and M232868 are unused in the 2000 CD.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97676, 39.41575 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpson Park Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 044E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BLACKBIRD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result THE ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN 0.5% U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97676, 39.41575
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite-Phyllite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, TWO STOPES, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CAME FROM A SILICIFIED ZONE IN GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE ALONG AND NEAR A CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Deposit THE MINE HAS YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF URANIUM-BEARING MATERIAL FROM A SILICIFIED ZONE IN GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE ALONG AND NEAR A CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, TWO STOPES, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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