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Poncho Group, Butch Group and Doris Claim

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047405
MRDS ID M242701
Record type Site
Current site name Poncho Group, Butch Group and Doris Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27822, 40.14017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tohakum Peak NE(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 024E 10 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE BEYOND SADDLE ON ROAD WHERE FOUR JACKS SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY= 0.03 MR/HR
Result HIGH= 0.5 MR/HR. A SELECT SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.55% EU308 (GARSIDE). SAMPLE MEX 070 OF YELLOW URANIUM ON QUARTZITE CONTAINS 1900 PPM CU308. 5000 TO 10000 CPS (100-200 TIMES BG) RADIOACTIVITY WAS MEASURED OVER AN AREA 10 X 4 X 0.5 FT. (SMOUSE).

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27822, 40.14017
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Part Of Eugeosynclinal Portion Of Basin And Range In Western Nevada

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 55 E
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 1.83M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact, Fractures, Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS DIKES OF PEGMATITE AND GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO METASOMATIZED SEDIMENTS OF AULD LANG SYNE GROUP PRESERVED AS ROOF PENDANTS IN NIGHTINGALE BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

  • OVER 2000 FT OF DOZER CUTS AND BENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOUSE, DEFORREST, 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 94

  • Deposit

    U.S.A.E.C. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3728, OPEN FILED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM AND POSSIBLY TUNGSTEN ARE PRESENT IN SKARN ZONE IN AULD LANG SYNE SEDIMENTS; TOO SMALL TO BE ECONOMIC. QUARTZITE BED IN SLATE WITH ADJACENT THIN (4-6 INCH) PEGMATITIE SILL, BLACK TO BUFF COLORED, STRONGLY IMPREGNATED WITH YELLOW SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS. THE THIN QUARTZITE APPEARS TO CONTAIN THE HIGHEST URANIUM CONCENTRATION, THEN THE PEGMATITE. THE HORNFELS NEAR THE QUARTZITE CONTAINS ONLY MINOR QUANTITIES. AUTUNITE IS PRESENT ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES IN SCHISTS, PHYLLITES, AND SHALES, IN THE ROOF PENDANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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