The B and D No1 is a uranium and tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,031 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,031 Feet (2,448 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.69861, -118.69917
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B and D No1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B and D No1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dyke Canyon District; Varyville 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
Owner Name: J. Stephen And George Hougland
Home Office: P.O. Box 790, Winnemucca
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST OFF JEEP TRAIL LEADING TO BLUE LAKE FROM THEODORE BASIN. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): LOCATED 6 JUN 1955; WITHIN PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMANTS CONTEND PRESENCE OF SCHEELITE, URANIUM, AND OTHER METALS ALONG CONTACT ZONE. A SMALL CRYSTALLINE UNIT OCCURS WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF CLAIM, BUT NO TACTITE DEVELOPMENT SEEN.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, REB E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.