The Birch is a uranium mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Birch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Hunter
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulted Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): FLUORSPAR PROSPECT IN SECT. 32
Comment (Geology): FLUORSPAR IDENTIFIED IN A FAULTED AREA IN LIMESTONE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF SURFACE WORKING IS 30 FT. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FOR THE FLUORSPAR PROSPECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
