The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence. is a uranium mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.47528, -119.29361
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence.
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Hooker District; Empire District; Gerlach 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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Central Portion Of Eugeosynclinal Part Of Nevada Basin & Range Province
Type: L
Description: Normal Fault Bounds West Side Of Selenite Range Horst, And Small Joints In Dike. Dike Normal To Horst
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hyprothermal, Iron Staining
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOUNT SOPRIS 5-6 TIMES BG (3X5 FT), 900-1000 CPS. LEUCOGRANITE HAS RADIOACTIVITY OF 350-400 CPS. POORLY DEFINED PODS LESS THAN 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER COUNT 200-1200 CPS. SAMPLE MEX 214 OF GRANODIORITE CONTAINS 7.0 PPM U3O8. SAMPLE MEX 215 OF LEUCOGRANITE CONTAINS 49.0 PPM U3O8.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR BOTTOM OF TRAIL CANYON IN SELENITE RANGE. 1.5 MILE SSW OF LUXOR PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): OCCURRENCE IS TOO SMALL, TOO SPOTTY AND TOO DISSEMINATED TO BE ECONOMICAL.
Comment (Development): NONE
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY IS VERY LOCAL, OCCURRING IN SMALL PODS ASSOCIATED WITH A LEUCOGRANITE DIKE. ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ARE SMALL ANDSCATTERED. ALTERATION IS PERVASIVE, UNRELATED TO RADIOACTIVITY.
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): NEFF, THOMAS R., AUG, 79, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. A.E.C. PRELIM RECONN. REPORT 3724.
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.
