The Ape Claims is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ape Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ape Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District; Weepah 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: Pacific Gold And Uranium Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): BLOCK OF CLAIMS STAKED ON A PORTION OF THE WEEPAN PLUTON AND PEDIMMENT AREA TO THE NORTH, REPORTEDLY TO COVER AREA OF AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC ANOMALY (U)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION SAID TO OCCUR IN FE-OXIDE-STAINED SHEAR ZONE IN GRANITE. GRANITE IN THE CLAIM AREA, PORTION OF A MASS SEPARATE FROM MAIN WEEPAH PLUTTON WITH MORE ROUNDED OUTCROP PATTERN, POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE INTO WEEPAH PLUTON.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.H. AND STEWART, J.P., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1979 FIELD EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER, 1979.
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.
