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Hawk Group Nos. 1-3. Denis Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045512
MRDS ID M233276
Record type Site
Current site name Hawk Group Nos. 1-3. Denis Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88454, 41.83462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 4 1/4 MILES DUE EAST OF MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
046N 054E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEE. 33; UNSURVEYED AREA: UTM APPROX TO CTR.OF CLAIM BLOCK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88454, 41.83462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact W/ Quartz Monzanite

Comments on the geologic information

  • AUTUNITE OCCURS IN A CONGLOMERATE AND TERTIARY VOLCANICS OVERLYING QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LARRY J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, NBMG. BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR DRILLING AND TRENCHING HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY
Deposit AUTUNITE OCCURS IN A CONGLOMERATE AND TERTIARY VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Unknown 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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