The Foster Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,161 Feet (1,573 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.16222, -117.32972
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Foster Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Group
Secondary: Atlas Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
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: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N 15 E, Dipping Vertical.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLES REPORTEDLY CONTAIN 0.021 AND 0.028 % U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.015 MR/HR. HIGH = 0.17-0.21 MR/HR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY IS LOCALIZED IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT FOR 300-400 FT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS; EXTENSIVE BULLDOZER SCRAPING, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW DRILL HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 90-91
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.
