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Bullet Placer No. 1 Claim

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046836
MRDS ID M242051
Record type Site
Current site name Bullet Placer No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.98538, 37.99299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 6 AIR MILES S 65 W FROM COALDALE JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 002N 036E 28 SW OF SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT FAR SOUTH END OF COLUMBUS SALT MARSH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.015 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.16 M R/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spring

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVITY MAY POSSIBLY BE DUE TO GAMMA-EMITTING DELAY PRODUCTS OF RADONIN IN THE SPRING WATER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coaldale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 81.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MOLS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS AROUND A SPRING. THE HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY WAS FOUND OVER THE SPRING ITSELF AND IN WIND-BLOWN SAND NEARBY. AREAS OF ALLUVIUM WITHIN 100 FT. OF THE SPRING ARE 2 TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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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