The Bing Claims is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Bing Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bing Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Pyramid District
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
Owner Name: N. American Rockwell
Years: 1969 -
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
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structure.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN-URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR WITH IRON OXIDES IN A BRECCIATED NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. AN ORE SAMPLE COLLECTED BY AEC GEOLOGISTS RAN 2.13% U3O8 BY RADIOMETRIC ASSAY, TWO OTHER SAMPLES RAN 0.016 AND 0.036 PERCENT U3O8 (BONHAM, P 86)
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF GEOL & MIN DEP OF WASHOE & STOREY CO'S, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3779
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.