Gogetter and Pup Claims

The Gogetter and Pup Claims is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Gogetter and Pup Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 39.91472, -119.86333

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Gogetter and Pup Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gogetter and Pup 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

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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

Model Name: Sandstone U


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structure


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): URANIUM MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT THE BASE OF THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE FOR A DISTANCE OF 75 FEET ALONG STRIKE. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION IS CONTAINED IN A ZONE OF INTERCALATED CLAYS, TUFFS, DECOMPOSED GRANODIORITE AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL LYING ON GRANODIORITE, BELOW THE HARTFORD HILL, ZONE IS UP TO 10 FEET THICK (GARSIDE, P102)


References

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

Reference (Deposit): U S ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3776


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.