Lime Ridge Group

The Lime Ridge Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,181 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: Lime Ridge Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.7025, -116.18722

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Lime Ridge Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lime Ridge Group
Secondary: Lime Ridge No. 1 To No. 50 Claims.


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: Hot Creek Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 0.02% U308. ASSAYS UP TO 0.13% U308 WERE REPORTED.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT SHAFT.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 93


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.