The Holida Uranium Mine is a uranium and thorium mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Holida Uranium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holida Uranium Mine
Secondary: Holiday & Falcon Claims
Secondary: Holly Daze
Secondary: Jiminy Cricket
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Edward Goldberg, Bremerton, Wash.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLES AS HIGH AS 0.22% U3/8, 0.85% TH0I
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE MINERALS OCCUR IN ELONGATE BODIES, UP TO SEVERAL FEET IN LENGTH, IN AN IRREGULAR-SHAPED DIKE OF SODIC PLAGIOCLASE (ALBITITE) IN THE HANGING WALL OF A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES THE DIKE FROM THE QUARTZ MONZONITE WHICH IT INTRUDES. U-AND TH-RICH AREAS AND RADIOACTIVE QUARTZ BODIES OCCUR AS LOCAL SEGREGATIONS, BOTH UNDERGROUND AND AT SURFACE, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ALSO DISSEMINATED IN GOUGE AND BLEACHED ROCK IN ZONE OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK.
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, RAISE TO SURFACE, SMALL PITS
Comment (Production): POSSIBLY A SMALL AMOUNT IN 1955.
Comment (Geology): THE DIKE ROCK CONSISTS OF SODIC PLAGIOCLASE, MINOR EPIDOTE, BIOTITE, MUSCOUITE, AND APATITE. THE DIKE IS NEARLY VERTICAL, TRENDS APPROXIMATELY N50W, AND HAS BEEN DISPLACED BY FAULTS IN SEVERAL PLACES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J. 1973, NBMG BULL. 81
Reference (Production): GARSIDE, 1973, P. 79-80
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.
