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Esmeralda Uranium Prospect

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. 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 10046803
MRDS ID M242015
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Esmeralda Uranium No. 28, Esmeralda No. 15, Uno No. 6, Buckeye No. 1, Eds No. 5, M&R No. 6, Minnis No. 50 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71814, 37.55411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 004S 038E 25,36 SW (25); NW (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.04 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.4 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71814, 37.55411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 55SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Lithology.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windy Pah (Fesler) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS SPORADICALLY ALONG SEAMS IN TUFF AND SANDY LACUSTRINE BEDS. MOST INTENSE RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG A 6-INCH BAND OF BUFF-COLORED TUFF IN A MEDIUM-GRAINED, WELL-CEMENTED SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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