The Boerlin Ranch Property is a mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Boerlin Ranch Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boerlin Ranch Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Washington District
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.009% U3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM APPROXIMATE
Comment (Geology): SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALTERED, IRON-STAINED FAULT ZONE AT LEAST 80 FT. LONG & UP TO 25 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): NO CLAIMS LOCATED OR WORK DONE
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 81
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ & BAUER, 1953, URANIUM IN THE EAST WALKER RIVER AREA, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 988-C
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ & BAUER, 1954, WASHINGTON DISTRICT; IN RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1009-C
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.
