The Susan Claim Group is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Susan Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Susan Claim Group
Secondary: Susan Claims
Secondary: Nos. 1-6
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH=0.10 MR/HR. 1.5 AND 2.0-FT CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.02 AND 0.09% CU308
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.04 MR/HR
Materials
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Lepidolite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN ISOLATED PODS AND STRINGERS ALONG THE CONTACTS OF A QUARTZ-RICH PEGMATITE DIKE, RADIOACTIVE PODS OCCUR IN THE COUNTRY ROCK ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE DIKE, BUT THE DIKE ITSELF IS BARREN
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 53.
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.
