The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,429 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,429 Feet (1,350 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.2475, -119.01444
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Central Portion Of Eugeosynclinal Part Of Basin And Range Province Of Nevada
Type: L
Description: Pegmatite Dike With Major Joints
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization; Limonite Staining
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: BACKGROUND COUNT IN PEGMATITE IS 150 CPS, BUT LIMONITE SPOTS IN THE PEGMATITE COUNT UP TO 1050 CPS, ESPECIALLY ALONG JOINTS. SAMPLE MEX 253 OF MED. CRYSTALLINE LIMONITE-STAINED PEGMATITE ASSAYS 262 PPM CU308.
Materials
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.25 MILE UP CANYON FROM ITS MOUTH AND END OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): URANIUM IS SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED AND OF LOW GRADE
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): NEFF, THOMAS R., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON 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.
