| Deposit ID | 10047261 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242536 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main |
| Alternate or previous names | Nevada Group, In Part, Bottle Creek |
| Related records | 10125568, 10295481 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.35682, 41.3696 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12 KM SW OF THE QUINN RIVER HWY 8A CROSSING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 040N | 032E | 02 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Weeksite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SELECT SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 0.17% U3O8 AND 0.07% MO. AS, BA, HG, PB AND SB ARE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH, ALSO. CHANNEL SAMPLES ACROSS RADIOACTIVE INTERVALS 2-4 FT THICK CONTAIN 54 TO 149 PPM U308. THE RHYOLITE COUNTRY ROCK CONTAINS 12 TO 22 PPM U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY IS 240-450 CPS. IN RHYOLITIC ROCKS AND 150-250 CPS IN PERMIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RADIOACTIVITY RANGES UP TO 2100 CPS AT THE MAIN OCCURRENCE. |
|---|
| Model code | 155 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25f |
| Deposit model name | Volcanogenic U |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -118.35682, 41.3696 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N Nw-Trending High Angle Faults; Possible Caldera Ring Fracture 2 Km To Northeast |
| Strike | N NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | 10-20 E |
| Thickness | 1M |
| Length | 10M |
| Width | 6M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bottle Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242536 |
CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK REPORT
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
U.S. AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3484
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN OCCURRENCE CONSISTS OF SILICA VEINS AT THE MORE-OR-LESS HORIZONTAL CONTACT BETWEEN STEEPLY DIPPING PALEOZOIC AND/OR MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND TERTIARY RHYOLITE ASH FLOWS. IT IS CONTROLLED BY LOW- ANGLE SHEARS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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