Yorhees Oil Wells

The Yorhees Oil Wells is a uranium mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yorhees Oil Wells

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: North Battle Mountain Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE BLACK SANDS REPORTED AT DEPTHS OF 58 TO 89 FEET

Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE BLACK SANDS ARE REPORTED AT DEPTHS OF 58 TO 89 FEET

Comment (Deposit): THE OCCURRANCE IS LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF HIGHWAY 40. NEAR THE LANDER COUNTY AIRPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, N.B.M. BULL 81.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER H.K. (1977) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 192, REFERENCE NO. 3201500186

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.