Air Anomaly No. 4

The Air Anomaly No. 4 is a uranium mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 11,001 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

Name: Air Anomaly No. 4  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 11,001 Feet (3,353 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.8533, -116.87920

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Air Anomaly No. 4 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Air Anomaly No. 4
Secondary: Hard Scrabble


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Moores Creek Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: 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


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): ONE MILE SOUTH OF MOORE CREEK ROAD; 0.5 MILE NORTH OF HEAD OF RED ROCK. INCLUDED IN P.C. NOS. 1-165 CLAIM GROUP (0320231085) BY EXXON (1980), WHICH WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PICNIC PROJECT. BILL KOHLMOOS, RENO, NV, PROSPECTOR, LOCATED HARDSCRABBLE IN 1978. 9 SAMPLES COLLECTED BY NORANDA MINING CO. IN 1978 SHOW 10 TIMES OR MORE BACKGROUND URANIUM.


References

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 99B, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NV: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND ZIONY J. I. , 1984, MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-2055.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3654, 1956.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 87.

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.