Woffer Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047406
MRDS ID M242704
Record type Site
Current site name Woffer Claim
Alternate or previous names Jack Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.24572, 40.24739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1410
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tunnel 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 027N 024E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOWER PART OF GRANITE RIDGE ON WEST SIDE OF NORTHERN NIGHTINGALE RANGE, ABOUT 1000 YARDS FROM RAGGED TOP-GERLACH ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong; Argillic Alteration Of Feldspar

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND=0.03 MR/HR
Result HIGH=0.15 MR/HR. 2 SELECT SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.1% U3O8. (GARSIDE) 950 CPS, 12 TIMES B.G. OVER 2 FT BY 0.5 FT AREA
Result 400 CPS OVER 10 BY 1 FT AREA
Result TOTAL ANOMALY MAY BE 40 BY 2 FT. SAMPLE MEX 048 OF ROTTEN QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH LIMONITE STAIN CONTAINS 355.0 PPM CU3O8. SAMPLE MEX 047 OF QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH PINK FELDSPAR CONTAINS 9.0 PPM CU3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.24572, 40.24739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 90-VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Pegmatite Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • RECENT BASALT EXTRUSIVE CENTER LOCATED ACROSS VALLEY TO THE WEST

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

  • DOZER CUTS, LOCATION PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOUSE, DE FORREST, 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    U.S.A.E.C. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3725.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A YELLOW POWDERY URANIUM MINERAL OCCURS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A HIGHLY ALTERED PEGMATITE DIKE. VERTICAL VEINLETS OF QUARTZ WITH BLACK TOURMALINE INTRUDED ALONG A N 85 E STRIKE IN ROTTEN QUARTZ MONZONITE. MOST STRUCTURE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE IS OBSCURED BY WEATHERING AND ALTERATION. THE URANIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEINS, BUT IS IN THE ALTERED QUARTZ-MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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