| Deposit ID | 10045425 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233153 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Holida Uranium Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Holiday & Falcon Claims, Holly Daze, Jiminy Cricket |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.29901, 38.57131 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Head Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 08N | 033E | 10 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Thorite | Ore |
| Result | SELECTED SAMPLES AS HIGH AS 0.22% U3/8, 0.85% TH0I |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rock |
| Rock description | Granitic Rock |
| (1) | -118.29901, 38.57131 |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | Fitting District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Edward Goldberg, Bremerton, Wash. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 51.82M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233153 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
GARSIDE, L. J. 1973, NBMG BULL. 81
GARSIDE, 1973, P. 79-80
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVE MINERALS OCCUR IN ELONGATE BODIES, UP TO SEVERAL FEET IN LENGTH, IN AN IRREGULAR-SHAPED DIKE OF SODIC PLAGIOCLASE (ALBITITE) IN THE HANGING WALL OF A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES THE DIKE FROM THE QUARTZ MONZONITE WHICH IT INTRUDES. U-AND TH-RICH AREAS AND RADIOACTIVE QUARTZ BODIES OCCUR AS LOCAL SEGREGATIONS, BOTH UNDERGROUND AND AT SURFACE, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ALSO DISSEMINATED IN GOUGE AND BLEACHED ROCK IN ZONE OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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