Jeep Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095390
MRDS ID M035972
Record type Site
Current site name Jeep Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8968, 38.49575 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 12 MI. SW OF WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 028E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.8968, 38.49575

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHALLOW PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.025 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.05 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.