The Old Jawbone is a uranium mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Old Jawbone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Jawbone
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: BLANKET, STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Occurrence Within Ring Fracture Zone At Sw Margin Of The Fish Creek Mountain Caldera
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): TUFF DATED BY K-AR AT 24 MY
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION NOT VERIFIED
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM PROSPECT OR OCCURRENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE L. J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, N.B.M. BULL 81
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 22, REFERENCE NO. 3201500179
Reference (Deposit): MCKEE E.H. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MT. MOSES QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP
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.
