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Localities U-19, 20, and 21

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046639
MRDS ID M241831
Record type Site
Current site name Localities U-19, 20, and 21

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29509, 38.0655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.7 AIRMILES S 85 W FROM CENTER OF TONOPAH, 100m To Locality U-20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N;003N 042E;042E 06;32 NE OF NE (06); SW OF SW (32) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES S 30-35W OF LAMBERTUCCI AIRSTRIP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.035 - 0.04 MR/HR
Result HIGHS = 0.07 - 0.12 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29509, 38.0655
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beds; Fault Zone Footwall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG, BULL 81, P.51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED IN IRON-STAINED TUFFACEOUSSHALES AND CONGLOMERATIC TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONES. AT U-19 AND U-20, URANIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN BED OR SEQUENCE OF BEDS AND AT U-21 THERADIOACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED IN THE FOOTWALL OF A FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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