The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,954 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,954 Feet (1,510 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.08111, -119.04778
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Juniper Range 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: Mobile Belt
Type: L
Description: Joints, Normal Faults Of Small Dis Placement
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinized By Deuteric Alteration; Argillization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE MEX 247 OF ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTAINS 451.4 PPM CU308. SAMPLE MEX 248 OF ALTERED APLITE-PEGMATITE DIKES CONTAINS 131 PPM CU308. RADIOMETRIC DATA: 10X BG, 1500 CPS, 1-3 FT. MEX 247 GEOMETRIX, 100 SECOND COUNT, TG-451.4 CPS, K-22.6 CPS, U-11.6 CPS, TH-3.6 CPS.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TOO LOW GRADE AND WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO BE ECONOMIC. URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS ALONG DEEPLY LIMONITE-STAINED JOINT SURFACES CROSS CUTTING ZONES OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): INTRUSIONS AND SUBSEQUENT CRYSTALLIZATION OF A SWARM OF APLITE-PEGMATITE DIKES CAUSED HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS TO PENETRATE PLUTONIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO THE DIKES, AND LOCALLY TO DEPOSIT URANIUM ALONG JOINT PLANES
Comment (Location): 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE SPRING IN THE THIRD MAJOR CANYON SOUTH OF THEMAIN ROAD CROSSING THE SHAWAVE MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NONE
References
Reference (Deposit): NEFF, THOMAS R., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.
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.
