| Deposit ID | 10045593 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233365 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Race Track Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky Lager Claim, Speedway Claim., Lucky Lager and Speedway Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.95065, 41.83323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE SE OF MTN. CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N | 053E | 01 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Result | ONE ORE SAMPLE 0.755 PER CENT U3O8 |
|---|
| Model code | 155 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25f |
| Deposit model name | Volcanogenic U |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash | ||
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -115.95065, 41.83323 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Year of first production | 1958 |
| District name | Mountain City |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233365 |
GARSIDE, J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 81
U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3428.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1958; BUTLER, 1958, P. 127
SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
GARSIDE, L.J., (1973) P. 41
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE |
| Deposit | BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY-120 CPS; HIGH-1200 TO 1500 CPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Taylor, J. K. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.