Stalin's Present Prospect

The Stalin's Present Prospect is a uranium mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,759 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Stalin's Present Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shearing Parallel To Vein And Faint Flow Structures In Rhyolite.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOMETRIC DATA: SCINTREX,(4XBG) IN VEIN (20XBG) IN ADIT, MAY BE DUE TO RADON AND MASS EFFECT. SAMPLE OF ALTERED -RHYOLITE WALLROCK WITH DARK VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 533 PPM CU3-08.

Materials

Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Biotite

Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG AND IN A 4-TO 10-INCH WIDE ZONE COMPOSED OF HORNBLENDE, DIOPSIDE, CHLORITE, BIOTITE, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, DARK CALCITE, PITCHBLENDE, AND GUMMITE(?). AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IS NEARBY, AND THE MINERALIZED BODY MAY BE A METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS ZENOLITH. SHEAR ZONE 0.5 MI FROM INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH ROCKY CANYON PLUTON. VEIN MATERIAL IS EPIDOTE WITH MINOR URANINITE.

Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY A SMALL PIT AND TRENCH, A 63-FT ADIT, AND A 47-FT WINZE

Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN AND ALONG A 4 TO 10 INCH WIDE ZONE COMPOSED OF HORNBLENDE, DIOPSIDE, CHLORITE, BIOTITE, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, DARK CALCITE, PITCHBLENDE, AND GUMMITE(?). AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IS NEARBY, AND THE MINERALIZED BODY MAY BE A METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS ZENOLITH.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY A SMALL PIT AND TRENCH, A 63-FOOT ADIT, AND A 47-FOOT WINZE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): NEFF, T. R., 1978, REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., 1951, USGS TRACE ELEMENT MEM. REPT. TEM-223.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81

Reference (Deposit): USAEC, 1952, RMO-927

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.