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Garibaldi Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046642
MRDS ID M241834
Record type Site
Current site name Garibaldi Claims
Alternate or previous names Loclaities Su-5, U-6, U-7 and U-8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29453, 38.07827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 AIRMILES N75W FROM CENTER OF TONOPAH

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 003N 042E 32,29 NW (32); SW OF SW (29) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE SW OF THE LAMBER TUCCI AIRSTRIP. UTM IS TO LOCALITY U-7. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.015-0.03 MR/HR. HIGHS=0.02-0.20 MR/HR. A U-7 SAMPLE CONTAINED 117 PPM MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Siebert Tuff
    Rock description Siebert Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29453, 38.07827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W, N 10 W
    Dip 55-60W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES LIE ALONG A LINE TRENDING N15W AND TWO LIE ALONG A N10W, 55-60W FAULT. AT LOCALITY U-6 RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH IRON-STAINED TUFFS AND TUFFACEOUS SHALES IN THE FOOT WALL OF A N10W FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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