The Tick Canyon Group is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tick Canyon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tick Canyon Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed (Pyramid)
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): A YELLOW-GREEN, FLUORESCENT URANIUM MINERAL (META-AUTUNITE?) AND IRON OXIDES ARE PRESENT IN THIN CARBONACEOUS CHARCOALBANDS AND IN FAULT GOUGE. THE FAULT STRIKES N50 DEG W, DIPS 45 DEG SW, AND BRINGS A BOULDER BED INTO COINCIDENCE WITH RHYOLITIC ASH FLOW TUFFS OF THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE (GARSIDE)
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L J RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECON RPT 3785
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.
