| Deposit ID | 10047385 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242675 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.01766, 41.72905 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 4 MI (6.5 KM) N 55 W OF SENTINEL ROCK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Thacker Pass(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 044N | 035E | 02 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | UP TO 0.01% U308 AND 0.024% EU WITH HIGH AS, BE, MO, P, PB, SB, Y, AND ZR. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY IS 300 CPS (65 UR). HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY RECORDED HERE WAS 2800 CPJ |
|---|---|
| Result | (600 UR). LOTS OF ROCK RUNNING FROM 600 TO 1500 CPS. (130-330 CPS.) |
| 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 | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.01766, 41.72905 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | South Part Of Mcdermitt Caldera, A Volcanogenic Subsidence Feature About 40 Km In Diameter |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw Fault With Steep Ne Dip. Possible Ene Fault |
| General form | PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | SHALLOW TO STEEPLY E |
| Thickness | 2M |
| Length | 800M |
| Width | 3M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Disaster District; Kings River; Thacker Pass Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242675 |
CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
RYTUBA, J.J. AND CONRAD, W.K., 1979, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-541.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST RADIOACTIVITY ROCK IS IN NW-TRENDING PODS UP TO 9M THICK OR ALONG NW-TRENDING SHEARS DIPPING STEEPLY EAST. URANIFEROUS ROCK DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH DEPTH EXTENSION AND MAY BE CONFINED MOSTLY TO A SHALLOWLY-DIPPING TABULAR ZONE AS AT THE ROCK CREEK OCCURRENCE JUST TO THE NORTHEAST. MAY BE HYDRO AUTHIGENIC OR HYDROTHERMAL. |
| 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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