Holiday Uranium

The Holiday Uranium is a uranium and thorium mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,879 feet.

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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: Holiday Uranium  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Thorium

Lat, Long: 38.57278, -118.30056

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Holiday Uranium MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Holiday Uranium
Secondary: Falcon
Secondary: Holly Daze
Secondary: Jimmy Cricket


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Edward Goldberg
Home Office: Bremerton, Wa.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: FAULTED DIKE


Structure

Type: L
Description: Local Faulting - Fracturing


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Albitization


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 2.24 PPM TO SELECT DUMP MATERIAL - 17,800 PPM


Materials

Ore: Thorite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, RAISE TO SURFACE, SMALL PITS

Comment (Deposit): 6 TIMES BG ON OUTCROP TO 100 TIMES BG ON SELECT DUMP MATERIAL

Comment (Geology): PLUTONIC, LATE STAGE DIKE HOST ROCK ENVIRONMENT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .


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.