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Cactus Group Nos. 1-12

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. Alteration
  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 10095367
MRDS ID M029071
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Group Nos. 1-12

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.09684, 41.14432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clapper Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 046N 025E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MCKENNEY CAMP; N OF RTE 8A

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Silicification

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND=0.006M R/HR
Result HIGH=0.015M R/HR 0.05 AND 0.09% U3 08.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Canyon Rhyolite
    Rock description Canyon Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.09684, 41.14432
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ring Fault System Of Virgin Valley Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ring Fault System Of Virgin Valley Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Canyon Rhyolite With Overlying Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 81.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

  • Deposit

    TWITCHELL, C.I., 1955, USAEC FILE R-45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN: DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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