The Hot Spot No. 1 is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hot Spot No. 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hot Spot No. 1
Secondary: Eddie No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ALONG 25 FOOT STRIKE LENGTH: 1000-1200 CPS
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): AUTUNITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES GRANODIORITE FROM PYROXENE ANDESITE OF RUSSEL GULCH. THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS IN A 2.5 FOOT WIDE ZONE, AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY MINERALS.
Comment (Location): 0.4 MILES SW OF MOUNTAIN CITY ON HILL NORTH OF RUSSEL GULCH, ADJOINING THE RODEO GROUNDS
Comment (Development): 4 BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): AUTUNITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES GRANODIORITE FROM PYROXENE ANDESITE. URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): FOUR BULLDOZER CUTS WERE THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT IN 1968 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1968, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNTAIN CITY QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM RECONN. REPT. 3427
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURANCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. 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.
