The Unnamed Uranium is a mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Uranium MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): PLEISTOCENE LACUSTINE SEDIMENTS OF LAKE LAHONTAN ARE RADIOACTIVE IN AN AREA OF A FEW TENS OF SQUARE FEET. THE ROCKS ARE COBBLE CONGLOMERATES AND CROSS-BEDDED SANDSTONES WHICH ARE CEMENTED BY AND INTERBEDDED WITH CALCAROUS TUFA. THE CLASTIC DEBRIS IS MAINLY FROM OLDER VOLCANIC ROCKS. NO URANIUM MINERALS WERE NOTED, AND RADIOACTIVITY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RESTRICTED TO PARTICULAR BEDS OR OTHER STRUCTURAL FEATURES (GARSIDE, P 107)
References
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., PRELIM RECON RPT. 3781.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973
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.
