Happy Joe No. 1

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

Name: Happy Joe No. 1  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.