The Lost Sheep Claims is a uranium mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,588 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: 6,588 Feet (2,008 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.7211, -118.34530
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Lost Sheep Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Sheep Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 81 1973 P.79
Reference (Deposit): U.S.ATOMIC ENERGY COMM PRELIM RECONN REPT 3600.
Reference (Deposit): UNSURVEYED, BASED ON PROJECTIONS FROM THE WEST
Reference (Deposit): 1 SMALL PIT NEAR THE HEAD OF WILDHORSE CANYON ( BULL.81 )
Reference (Deposit): LOCALIZED URANIUM, VERY SLIGHT, IN RHYOLITE ( BULL.81 )
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.
