South Fork Claims 1&2. Pixley1 Claims

The South Fork Claims 1&2. Pixley1 Claims is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: South Fork Claims 1&2. Pixley1 Claims
Secondary: East and South Fork

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko

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

Owner Name: Valley Engineering
Years: 1960 -

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

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND, BEDDED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Location): 6 MILES E. OF MTN. CITY

Comment (Production): LESS THAN 2000 TONS ORE

Comment (Development): VALLEY ENGINEERING REPORTED PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 2000 TONS ORE IN 1960. AS OF 1960, AN OPEN PIT WAS DEVELOPED, AS WELL AS 4000 FT. OF ROTARY DRILLING, WITH MORE RECENT DRILLING ACTIVITY LIKELY.

Comment (Deposit): BENTONITE TUFF LAYER CONTAINS URANIMTE AND YELLOW U OXIDE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, DRILLING

Comment (Geology): BENTONITE OVERLIES QUARTZ MONZONITE

Comment (Deposit): VALLEY ENGINEERING REPORTED PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 2000 TONS OF ORE IN 1960. AS OF 1960 AN OPEN PIT WAS DEVELOPED PLUS 4000 FT. OF ROTARY DRILLING. MORE RECENT DRILLING IS LIKELY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LARRY J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 81

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION UNPUBLISHED MAP.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1960.

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.