C.L. Point Claims

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047376
MRDS ID M242665
Record type Site
Current site name C.L. Point Claims
Alternate or previous names C.L. Point Claims No. 1-32

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80124, 40.31212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 037E 10,11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES UP SAY CANYON (RILEY VILLE CANYON). GROUND STAKED ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY-BACKGROUND=0.015 MR/HR, MAX=0.04 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80124, 40.31212

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kennedy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Chester And James Hess,
    Home office P. O. Box 719, Lovelock, Nv

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY AND LOCATION WORK ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMBO SEK, A.J., 25 OCT 55, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY PROBABLY DUE TO ACCESSORY MINERALS IN GRANITIC INTRUSIVE. NO RADIOACTIVITY IN SHALES. NO URANIUM MINERALS NOTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.