The River Road Mine is a uranium mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 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
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.48333, -118.91667
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River Road Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: River Road Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02 PERCENT EU3O8, ANOTHER 1.7 FT. CONTAINED 0.03 PERCENT EU3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC.
Comment (Production): PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT FUTURE POTENTIAL EXISTS WITHIN THE ORE
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.02 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.40 MR/HR.
Comment (Workings): RECENT DIAMOND DRILL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA BY UNKNOWN PRIVATE INTEREST
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81
Reference (Production): F( 1 )
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.
