The Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,960 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
Elevation: 3,960 Feet (1,207 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.6625, -119.36583
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Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Deephole District (Closest Area)
Land Status
Not available
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range, Central Part Of Euged Synclinal Basin In Nevada
Type: L
Description: On Fault Trace Along E Side Of Granite Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 700-600 CPS OR 7-6 TIMES BACKGROUND, 2X10 FT, MOUNT SOPRIS. SAMPLE MEX 414 CONTAINS K-7.7, U-4.7, TH-0.7 100 SECONDS. MEX 415: K-13.9, U-8.2, TH-0.9 100 SECONDS. SAMPLE 415 OF BLACK CARBONACEOUS LAKE SEDIMENTS FROM POOL RIM CONTAINS 1.0 PPM U3O8 (ORIFICE #29). SAMPLE 416 OF SILICEOUS MUD VOLCANO CONTAINS 4.0 PPM U3O8 (ORIFICE #16). 3 WATER SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.3 PP3 U3O8 EACH.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
Comment (Location): AT SOUTHEASTERN MOST EXTREMITY OF THE GRANITE RANGE
Comment (Development): INACTIVE, NO EXPLORATION
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM IS PRESENT IN SILICEOUS SINTER, AND ORGANIC SEDIMENTS BUT NOT IN QUANTITY TO BE ECONOMIC. DARK GREY SILICEOUS SINTER FORMED BY PRECIPITATION AROUND HOT SPRING POOL, AND IN CARBONACEOUS DARK GREY TO BLACK SOFT, SILTY, CLAY SEDIMENTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J. AND SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, NBMG BULL. 91, P. 76.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, MICHAEL T., NOV, 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION AND REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.
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.
