The Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.82306, -115.91028
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Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims
Secondary: Lucky Strike No. O
Secondary: Anomaly No.2
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Discovery Year: 1956
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO .25 PER CENT C1308
Materials
Gangue: Bentonite
Comments
Comment (Location): TURN EAST ON GRADED ROAD 1.25 MILES S. OF MOUNTAIN CITY, GO 2.5 MILES TO PROSPECT. TRENCHES ARE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD JUST NORTH OF QUARTZITE HILL.
Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITIC AIRE-FALL TUFF & BENTONITE LAYER WITH UP TO U.25% & U308 AT CONTACT ZONE, IN FORM OF AUTUNITE
Comment (Workings): 2 BULLDOZER CUTS, 30 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT, TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT ALONG 400 FEET OF A EXPOSED CONTACT BETWEEN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE BASAL ZONE OF A RHYOLITIC AIR-FALL TUFF BELOW A BLACK, VITROPHYRIC, ANDESITIC WELDED TUFF CALLED THE PYROXENE ANDESITE OF RUSSELL GULCH. AUTONITE IS CONCENTRATED IN A 2-3 INCH THICK BENTONITIC ZONE JUST ABOVE A THIN CHARCOAL LAYER. URANIUM MINERALIZATION, (WEAKER), CONTINUES FOR A FOOT ABOVE AND BELOW THE BENTONITIC LAYER.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT AS OF 1973 CONSISTED OF TWO BULLDOZER CUTS AND A 30 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 25 FEET OF THE SURFACE BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=.03 MR/HR; HIGH=1.5 MR/HR. TRENCHES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ROAD N. OF QUARTZITE HILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 81.
Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE JARBIDGE QUADRANGLE, NEVADA-IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1141-M, P.M1-M24
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, A.M., 1956, AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC SURVEY OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. OPEN-FILE REPT. SLAO-TM-7, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3432.
Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1968, PRELIMNARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNTAIN CITY QUADRANGLE U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP.
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.
