Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence

The Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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

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.