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Rim Rock Mine

Past Producer in Elko 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098656
MRDS ID M234131
Record type Site
Current site name Rim Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Rimrock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84815, 41.84268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position UTM IS APPROXIMATE, +/- 200 M. (6 MILES EAST OF MTN. CITY)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merritt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 054E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 26, T. 46 N, R 54 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84815, 41.84268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bogdanich Development Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 500 TONS URANIUM ORE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION IN 1960 BY BOGDANICH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LARRY, J., 1973, RADIO ACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG

  • Deposit

    BULL 81.

  • Production

    GARSIDE, L.J. (1973) P. 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUTUNITE OCCURS IN VOLCANICS AND ARKOSIC SEDIMENTS OVERLYING QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Deposit PRODUCTION WAS IN 1960 BY BOGDANICH DEVELOPEMENT COMPANY AN. OPEN PIT MINE IS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Taylor J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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