The Autonite Group and October Group is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Autonite Group and October Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Autonite Group and October Group
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND=.017 MR/HR. HIGH= 0.5 MR/HR.
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON A ROUNDED HILL SOUTH OF HARRIS GULCH
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE WITH URANIUM MINERALS PRESENT IN AN ALTERED AND SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE
Comment (Geology): THE URANIUM MINERALS ARE PRESENT IN A ALTERED AND SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE IN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE. A MOLYBENUM PROSPECT IS NEAR BY. THE SOURCE OF THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION COULD HAVE BEEN THE OVER LYING ASH FLOW TUFFS IN THE URANIUM BEING CONCENTRATED IN THE FRACTURE ZONE BY CIRCULATING GROUND WATER. (PERSONAL CONJECTURE)
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 81.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. REPT. 2.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIN. RECONN. REPT. 3429
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.
