The Halloween Mine is a uranium mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.49167, -118.95417
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Halloween Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Halloween Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Washington
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: ELONGATE PARALLEL TO FAULT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Separates Granitic From Sedimentary Rock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 4.06 PPM TO 6000 PPM
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INTENSIVE EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE AREA HAS YIELDED VERY POSITIVE RESULTS WHICH INDICATE FUTURE POTENTIAL
Comment (Deposit): 40 TIMES BG LOCALLY
Comment (Workings): CUTS AND SHAFT
Comment (Geology): HIGH RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATED ALONG FAULT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): TARGET FOR RECENT DRILLING HAS BEEN CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITHIN THE WIDESPREAD COLE VALLEY FORMATION TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DURHAM, D. L.; FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT
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.
