The Peak Claims is a uranium mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,550 feet.
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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: 8,550 Feet (2,606 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.96556, -114.06028
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Peak Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peak Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (State Line) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: PLANAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Low Temp. Alteration And Leaching Of The Topaz Rhyolite.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.14 % URANIUM (TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970)
Materials
Gangue: Topaz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON TOP OF PEAK BETWEEN DEER LODGE CANYON TO S. AND OX VALLEY TO N ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): A URANIUM PROSPECT IS REPORTED TO EXIST AT THE UNCON FORMITY BETWEEN A TERTIARY TOPAZ-BEARING RHYOLITE FLOW AND UNDERLYING TRACHY ANDESITE FLOWS. THE DEPOSIT MAY HAVE BEEN FORMED BY LOW-T ALTERATION AND LEACHING OF THE TOPAZ RHYOLITE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAME PROSPECT AS THAT MENTIONED BY TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN (1970, P.160) AS CONTAINING AUTINITE.
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, ADIT?
Comment (Geology): KEITH (1980) INDICATES THAT THE STATELINE VOLCANIC COMPLEX MAY CONTAIN PORPHYRY MOLYBENUM MINERALIZATION AT DEPTH. MOLYBDENUM PORPHYRIES HAVE BEEN DRILLED AND EXPLORED IN THE NEARBY STATELINE DISTRICT TO THE NE
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1980, NBMG OFR 79-2
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1980, MIOCENE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS, VOLCANISM, AND MINERALIZATION SW UTAH AND E. NEVADA: WISCONSIN MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): TSHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.4., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 160
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.
