The Happy Joe No. 1 is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,850 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: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.76917, -115.81806
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Happy Joe No. 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Joe No. 1
Secondary: Big Joe1?
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH= .5 MR/HR. A 5-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE RAN .08 U308(URANIUM OXIDE)
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY - .03 MR/HR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION ABOVE IS FOR THE HAPPY MENDIVE SITE. UTM FOR THE BIG JOKE CLAIM IS N:4622900;E:598300;Z:+11.
Comment (Production): 225 TONS ORE CONTAINING 0.5% U308(URANIUM OXIDE)
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONES CONTAINING AUTUNITE
Comment (Geology): AUTUNITE OCCURS IN FAULT ZONES. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS FOR AT LEAST ONE HALF MILE ALONG THE STRUCTURE AND A BRANCHING STRUCTURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LARRY J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 81.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIM-RECONN. REPT. 3431.
Reference (Production): GARSIDE, L.J., (1973) P. 42
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.
