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South Fork Claims 1&2. Pixley1 Claims

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045594
MRDS ID M233367
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Claims 1&2. Pixley1 Claims
Alternate or previous names East and South Fork

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85204, 41.83323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position UTMIS APPROXIMATE, I 150M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merritt Mountain(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
Mount Diablo 046N 054E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES E. OF MTN. CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85204, 41.83323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact?

Comments on the geologic information

  • BENTONITE OVERLIES QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Valley Engineering
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 2000 TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, DRILLING

Comments on development

  • VALLEY ENGINEERING REPORTED PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 2000 TONS ORE IN 1960. AS OF 1960, AN OPEN PIT WAS DEVELOPED, AS WELL AS 4000 FT. OF ROTARY DRILLING, WITH MORE RECENT DRILLING ACTIVITY LIKELY.

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 NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 81

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION UNPUBLISHED MAP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1960.

  • Production

    GARSIDE, L.J. (1973) P. 42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENTONITE TUFF LAYER CONTAINS URANIMTE AND YELLOW U OXIDE.
Deposit VALLEY ENGINEERING REPORTED PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 2000 TONS OF ORE IN 1960. AS OF 1960 AN OPEN PIT WAS DEVELOPED PLUS 4000 FT. OF ROTARY DRILLING. MORE RECENT DRILLING IS LIKELY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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