The Divide Claims is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Divide Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Divide Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed (Pyramid)
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Bentonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN MINED (GARSIDE) URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR AS SPECKS AND FINE DISSEMINATIONS IN CHARCOAL AND BENTONITIC ASH AT BASE OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. AREA OF MINERALIZATION IS ABOUT 700 FEET BY 300 FEET, IS UP TO 20 FEET THICK. MINERALIZED ZONE INCLUDES VOLCANIC ASH WITH CHARCOAL STRINGERS, AND CONTAINS GRANODIORITE BOULDERS UP TO 15 FEET IN DIAMETER.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F. GEOL. MIN DEP WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70 1969
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM, RECON, RPT 3767
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.
