The Hombre Claims is a uranium and molybdenum mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hombre Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hombre Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zeolites
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Coaldale) 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
Owner Name: Sierra Del Rio Nuclear, Denver, Co. (Shell Oil Co?)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1980
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Zeolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Geology): SOME ZONES OF PEBBLE DIKES (HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA WITH ROUNDED FRACIMENTS) WERE OBSERVED IN THE VEIN ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): BACK AROUND RADIATION WAS ABOUT 100 CPS. MOST PROMINENT MINERALIZED FEATURES ARE TWO SUB PARALLEL VEINS. THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION OF RADIOACTIVITY WITH THESE VEINS AND MIGHT BE ANOMALOUS IN MO.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 14 JUC 82
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.
