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Aaa Uranium Occurrence

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047394
MRDS ID M242685
Record type Site
Current site name Aaa Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22017, 40.12295 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 026N 025E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE WEST OF ROAD NORTH FROM SAGE HEN SPRINGS ALONG POWER LINE 3.5 MILES . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OVERALL GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS TOO LOW TO BE CONSIDERED A SOURCE FOR URANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1100 CPS (18 X BG). DEPOSIT IS IRREGULAR WITH 1040 CPS ABOVE BACKGROUND AT THE DRILLSITE, AND 200-400 CPS (3-6 X BG) THROUGHOUT OUTCROP. SAMPLE MEX 49, A 10-FT CHANNEL SAMPLE ACROSS CUT CONTAINS 15.0 PPM CU3O8. SAMPLE MEX 50 SAMPLE FROM DRILL CUTTINGS CONTAINS 480.0 PPM CU3O8.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Nightingale Batholith
    Rock description Nightingale Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22017, 40.12295
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Part Of Eugeosynclinal Basin And Range Of Nevada.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 70 N
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DOZER CUTS AND 4 LOCATED DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOUSE, DE FORREST, 1978. FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE

  • Deposit

    U.S. D.O.E., 1978, GREAT BASIN GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK AND URANIUM FAVORABILITY; GJBX (78.)

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 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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