The Locality No. 7 is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.15417, -119.37972
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Locality No. 7 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Locality No. 7
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Leadville District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: OTHER
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SANDSTONE U.
Comment (Geology): ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF PETRIFIED WOOD IN LATE MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232559, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 34 APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE ON EAST FLANK OF GRANITE RANGE AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHEAST FROM BIG HOG RANCH CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LARRY J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81 P. 98
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.
