The Big Bend Spring Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.76667, -118.11694
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Big Bend Spring Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Bend Spring Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Disaster District; Kings River; Thacker Pass Area
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
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Occurrence Is About 2 Km East Of The W Part Of The Ring Fracture Zone Of Mcdermitt Caldera
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE MES-178 FROM A RESTRICTED AREA 1 M2, 15 X BG. 6 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 4 PPM TO 387 PPM U308.
Analytical Data: HIGH URANIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOMALOUSLY HIGH AG, AS, CU, HG, MO, PB, SB, SN, W, Y, ZN, AND ZR VALUES. RADIOACTIVITY IS 5 X BG IN AN AREA 40 X 20 FT
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): RELATED TO MOONLIGHT MINE AS SHOWN BY TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT AND PRESENCE OF URANIFEROUS ZIRCON
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF THE SOUTH FORK OF GARDEN CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1980
Comment (Workings): 2 PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 1100 M APART
References
Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, T.P., AND CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, 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.
