Cortez Canyon Uraniun

The Cortez Canyon Uraniun is a mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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: Cortez Canyon Uraniun  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.22722, -116.65806

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Cortez Canyon Uraniun MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cortez Canyon Uraniun


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Cortez Canyon Uraniun


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian


Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): AUTUNITE WAS FOUND IN A BULLDOZER CUT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORTEZ GOLD DEPOSIT.

Comment (Development): AUTUNITE WAS DISCOVERED IN A BULL DOZER CUT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORTEZ GOLD DEPOSIT

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUT

Comment (Location): 1:62500 QUADRANGLE IS A 1938 EDITION


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNE MUCCA) MILS NO. 46 REFERENCE NO. 3201500187

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, N.B.M. 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.