The McKenney Camp Uranium Claims is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.89306, -119.10583
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McKenney Camp Uranium Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McKenney Camp Uranium Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LESS THAN 0.005% U3O8
Analytical Data: TRACE AU AND AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS AREA HAS 116 MINING CLAIMS, LOCATED FROM 1955 THROUGH 1969 BY MANY PERSONS. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 15 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS IN ALLUVIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): N. OF HIGHWAY 140, 62 KM. WEST OF DENIO.
Comment (Development): AREA HAS 116 MINING CLAIMS LOCATED FROM 1955 TO 1969 BY MANY PERSON
Comment (Workings): 15 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1955-1969
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J. B., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002
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.
