Unnamed Uranium Occurrence.

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10047335
MRDS ID M242621
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.29462, 40.47516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 13 MILES S OF GERLACH ON STATE RD. 34, THEN EAST ON ROAD TO TRAIL CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 024E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BOTTOM OF TRAIL CANYON IN SELENITE RANGE. 1.5 MILE SSW OF LUXOR PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURRENCE IS TOO SMALL, TOO SPOTTY AND TOO DISSEMINATED TO BE ECONOMICAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hyprothermal, Iron Staining

Analytical data

Result MOUNT SOPRIS 5-6 TIMES BG (3X5 FT), 900-1000 CPS. LEUCOGRANITE HAS RADIOACTIVITY OF 350-400 CPS. POORLY DEFINED PODS LESS THAN 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER COUNT 200-1200 CPS. SAMPLE MEX 214 OF GRANODIORITE CONTAINS 7.0 PPM U3O8. SAMPLE MEX 215 OF LEUCOGRANITE CONTAINS 49.0 PPM U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.29462, 40.47516

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Portion Of Eugeosynclinal Part Of Nevada Basin & Range Province
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault Bounds West Side Of Selenite Range Horst, And Small Joints In Dike. Dike Normal To Horst

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 1.52M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hooker District; Empire District; Gerlach District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEFF, THOMAS R., AUG, 79, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    U.S. A.E.C. PRELIM RECONN. REPORT 3724.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY IS VERY LOCAL, OCCURRING IN SMALL PODS ASSOCIATED WITH A LEUCOGRANITE DIKE. ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ARE SMALL ANDSCATTERED. ALTERATION IS PERVASIVE, UNRELATED TO RADIOACTIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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