The Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.72917, -118.01667
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Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pole Creek 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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: South Part Of Mcdermitt Caldera, A Volcanogenic Subsidence Feature About 40 Km In Diameter
Type: L
Description: Nw Fault With Steep Ne Dip. Possible Ene Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicic And Argillic Alteration, As Well As Potassic According To Rytuba And Conrad (1979)
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (600 UR). LOTS OF ROCK RUNNING FROM 600 TO 1500 CPS. (130-330 CPS.)
Analytical Data: UP TO 0.01% U308 AND 0.024% EU WITH HIGH AS, BE, MO, P, PB, SB, Y, AND ZR. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY IS 300 CPS (65 UR). HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY RECORDED HERE WAS 2800 CPJ
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOST RADIOACTIVITY ROCK IS IN NW-TRENDING PODS UP TO 9M THICK OR ALONG NW-TRENDING SHEARS DIPPING STEEPLY EAST. URANIFEROUS ROCK DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH DEPTH EXTENSION AND MAY BE CONFINED MOSTLY TO A SHALLOWLY-DIPPING TABULAR ZONE AS AT THE ROCK CREEK OCCURRENCE JUST TO THE NORTHEAST. MAY BE HYDRO AUTHIGENIC OR HYDROTHERMAL.
Comment (Workings): A FEW DRILL HOLES
Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF POLE CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Geology): SOME PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE CRYSTAL-RICH. A SMALL VOLUME OF THIN-BEDDED, FINE-GRAINED, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE RHYOLITE. SIMILAR ROCKS OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE TO THE SE, BUT ARE POORLY EXPOSED
References
Reference (Deposit): CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): RYTUBA, J.J. AND CONRAD, W.K., 1979, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-541.
Nevada Gold
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