The Unknown 9,18,44 is a uranium mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,091 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: 8,091 Feet (2,466 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.4394, -117.03420
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Unknown 9,18,44 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown 9,18,44
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM ASSAYS RANGED FROM NIL TO .002% U308. ARSENIC RANGED FROM 23.50 TO 719.00 PPM. MOLYBDENUM RANGED FROM 5.8 TO 16.50 PPM. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 4.63 PPM MERCURY. ANOMALOUS ARSENIC AND MOLYBDENUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT
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.
