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Big Bend Spring Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047382
MRDS ID M242672
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bend Spring Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11793, 41.76655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Meadow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 034E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF THE SOUTH FORK OF GARDEN CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result HIGH URANIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOMALOUSLY HIGH AG, AS, CU, HG, MO, PB, SB, SN, W, Y, ZN, AND ZR VALUES. RADIOACTIVITY IS 5 X BG IN AN AREA 40 X 20 FT
Result SAMPLE MES-178 FROM A RESTRICTED AREA 1 M2, 15 X BG. 6 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 4 PPM TO 387 PPM U308.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11793, 41.76655
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Occurrence Is About 2 Km East Of The W Part Of The Ring Fracture Zone Of Mcdermitt Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 1300M
    Width 12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Ne Zone Cuts The Rhyolite At Or Near The Prospect Pit; Porosity In Upper Part Of Ash-Flow Tuff

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATED TO MOONLIGHT MINE AS SHOWN BY TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT AND PRESENCE OF URANIFEROUS ZIRCON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District; Kings River; Thacker Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 1100 M APART

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, T.P., AND CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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