The Sunday Claims is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.24417, -118.44167
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Sunday Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunday Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Secondary Mineralization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEAMS LOCALLY CARRY EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS OF META-TORBERNITE
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: COUNTS AS HIGH AS 0.2 MR/HR NEAR FACES, BACKGROUND, 0.06 MR/HR
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION 2.5 MI NW OF PINE CROW MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
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.
