The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,577 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,577 Feet (1,700 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.39194, -119.24639
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Central Part Of Eugeosynclinal Portion Of Nevada Basin & Range Province
Type: L
Description: East Normal Fault Of Selenite Range And Dike Swarms Nearly Normal To Selenite Horst
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deuteric Alteration; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6X BG, 3X5 FT, 3XBG. 1150 CPS MAX. MOUNT SOPRIS. SAMPLE MEX 217 CONTAINED 77 PPM U308 (COARSE LEUCOGRANITE)
Analytical Data: SAMPLE MEX 218 (QUARTZ MONZONITE WALL ROCK) CONTAINED 3.0 PPM U308.
Materials
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE WSW FROM CATTLE TROUGH ON COWLES RANCH ON THE JUNIPER SPRINGS ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): URANIUM CONTENT IS TOO LOW AND SCATTERED TO BE ECONOMIC.
Comment (Development): NO EXPLORATION
Comment (Deposit): ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ARE RESTRICTED TO DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): NEFF, THOMAS R., AUG 79, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.I.
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.
