Snow Creek Uranium Prospect

The Snow Creek Uranium Prospect is a uranium and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Snow Creek Uranium Prospect
Secondary: Foster Property

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Leonard Creek 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: High Angle Ne Fault 2 Km Se Of Occurrence

Type: L
Description: Steeply-Dipping Ene Shears And Alaskitic Dikes

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Sericitic, And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: UP TO 0.11 % UO, 0.16 % AS, 0.2 % CU. AG, BA, C, F, MO, SB, W, ZN ALSO HIGH IN SOME SAMPLES. MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY MEASURED AT 6500 CPS WHERE BACKGROUND RANGED FROM 60-200 CPS.

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY DIPPING VEINS AND A POSSIBLE MANTO. 3 AREAS OF EXPOSED URANIFEROUS ROCK LIE IN A 150 M BY 300 M AREA, ELONGATES ENE. THE MOST EASTERLY EXPOSURE IS THE LARGEST (30 X 100 M) AND CONSISTS OF RADIOACTIVE CHALCEDONY WHICH APPEARS TO FORM A SHALLOWLY-DIPPING MASS. RADIOACTVIVITY IS GENERALLY RESTRICTED TO ENE SHEARS AND IRREGULAR CHALCEDON MASSES. IN ONE PLACE, URANIUM IS CONCENTRATED ALONG LIMONITIZED FRACTURE IN AN ALASKITE DIKE. THE URANIUM WAS PROBABLY INTRODUCED, ALONG WITH SILICA BY HOT WATER ASCENDING ALONG ENE FRACTURE. A LINE OF PRESENTLY ACTIVE COLD WATER SPRINGS IS ALONG STRIKE WEST OF THE OCCURRENCES. THE LARGE EASTERLY EXPOSURE MAY BE SINTER MOUND FORMED AROUND AN EXTINCT HOT SPRING.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL BULLDOZED TRENCHES, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Development): DRILLING PROJECT ACTIVE IN 1980'S. AREA IS ENCLOSED BY THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.

Comment (Location): FROM THE LEONARD CREEK RANCH, DRIVE ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH PAST TIPPERARY MINE, TURN LEFT ON A JEEP TRAIL JUST PAST THE SNOW CREEK CROSSING. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): CASTOR, S.B. AND MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.

Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3485.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #5. GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 59. #6. BENNETT, REB E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA.

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.