The Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property is a uranium and thorium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Thorium
Lat, Long: 40.95444, -117.48944
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Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Hot Spring
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
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
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH = 450CPS. METALS IN THE SPRING WATERS INCLUDE AS (0.02 PPM), MN (0.10 PPM), CU (0.05 PPM), HG (0.0001 PPM), LI(0.36 PPM).
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND = 40CPS
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SPRING AND ITS DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED TO BE MODERATELY RADIOACTIVE. THE WATER CONTAINS A FEW P.P.M. THORIUM.SPRINGS RANGE FROM 109 TO 165 DEGREES F. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC 32
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE,L. J. AND SCHILLING, J., 1979, NBMG BULL 91.
Reference (Deposit): S.E.G. GUIDEBOOK, 1980, UNPUB.
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.
