Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims

The Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims is a uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,511 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: Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 4,511 Feet (1,375 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 41.87722, -118.90778

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Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fortune Group, Uranium King, and Lucky Jack Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Baker, Jack Neal And Roy Clifton


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM TO ONE OF SEVERAL PROSPECTED AREAS

Comment (Development): 20 CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): 45 BULLDOZER CUTS

Comment (Deposit): 20 CLAIMS, LOCATED IN 1955 BY CHARLES BAKER; URANIUM KING, AND LUCKY JACK CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1955 BY JACK NEAL AND ROY CLIFTON. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 45 BULLDOZER CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002


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.