Dacie Creek

The Dacie Creek is a uranium 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: Dacie Creek  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 40.24139, -117.35444

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Dacie Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dacie Creek
Secondary: Dacie Dam
Secondary: Fish Creek
Secondary: Daisy Creek
Secondary: Squaw Teat


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Jersey 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: Stratabound
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

Model Name: Volcanogenic U


Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND, BLANKET


Structure

Type: R
Description: Occurrence Along Northern Margin Of The Fish Creek Mtns Clldera

Type: L
Description: Daisy Creek Flows Along The Trace Of A North Trending Normal Fault Down Thrown To The West. An Associated Series Of Folds Trend Ne Away From The Fault In The Ne Corner Of Sec 9 T27n, R41e.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TWO GRUB SAMPLES ASSAYED .047 & .053% ELL3O8


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED

Comment (Development): 300 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): THIN-BEDDED WATER-LAID TUFF OVERLAIN BY RHYDLITE CONTAINS ANDMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY. THIN LENSES OF OPAL CONFORM TO TUFF-BEDDING.

Comment (Geology): A THIN DEDDED WATER LAIN TUGT OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE CONTAINS ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY. THIN LENSES OF OPAL CONFORM TO THE BEDDING OF THE TUFF. HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY IS ALONG MINOR FE-STAINED FRACTURES IN THE NEARLY HORIZONTAL TUFFS.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 300 CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE MM AND FISH BLOCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., NBM BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 52, REF. NO. 3201500054, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 25.600

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE L. J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NBM BUL 81

Reference (Deposit): MCKEE E. H. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MT MOSES QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP


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.