The Margale Prospect is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.86444, -118.45361
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Margale Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Margale Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sawtooth 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH=0.02MR/HR, TRACE U3O8
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND=0.009MR/HR
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AND 100-FT ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT ABOUT 100 FT. LONG ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81
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.
