Uv Industries Property

The Uv Industries Property is a molybdenum, silver, copper, and tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Uv Industries Property

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: U. V. Industries
Years: 1978 -

Owner Name: Continental Energy Inc
Years: 1978 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1975
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VERY RECENT DISCOVERY, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SILVER AND COPPER IS ALSO PRESENT.ORE IS AT A DEPTH OF 50-700 FT.

Comment (Development): POSSIBLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT; EVALUATION WAS UNDER WAY IN 1978. THE ADJACENT GROUND IS HELD BY COLBY MINES LTD. (VANCOUVER, B.C.) WHERE THERE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1970'S

References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, DEC. 20, 1978.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KLEINHAMPL, 1980

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.