The Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.36972, -118.35583
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Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main
Secondary: Nevada Group, In Part
Secondary: Bottle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: N Nw-Trending High Angle Faults; Possible Caldera Ring Fracture 2 Km To Northeast
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 0.17% U3O8 AND 0.07% MO. AS, BA, HG, PB AND SB ARE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH, ALSO. CHANNEL SAMPLES ACROSS RADIOACTIVE INTERVALS 2-4 FT THICK CONTAIN 54 TO 149 PPM U308. THE RHYOLITE COUNTRY ROCK CONTAINS 12 TO 22 PPM U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY IS 240-450 CPS. IN RHYOLITIC ROCKS AND 150-250 CPS IN PERMIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RADIOACTIVITY RANGES UP TO 2100 CPS AT THE MAIN OCCURRENCE.
Materials
Ore: Weeksite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NE FLANK OF BUFF PEAK. FROM DENIO JUNCTION DRIVE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH ON HWY 8A, TURN RIGHT ONTO PAVED ROAD AND DRIVE 7 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO DIRT ROAD AND DRIVE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MAIN OCCURRENCE CONSISTS OF SILICA VEINS AT THE MORE-OR-LESS HORIZONTAL CONTACT BETWEEN STEEPLY DIPPING PALEOZOIC AND/OR MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND TERTIARY RHYOLITE ASH FLOWS. IT IS CONTROLLED BY LOW- ANGLE SHEARS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3484
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.
