Peak Claims

The Peak Claims is a uranium mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,550 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: Peak Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

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


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