The Mesa Claim is a uranium and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.76667, -119.07694
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Mesa Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mesa Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO ANVMALOUS METAL CONTENT
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1953 BY MAC DONALD; DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS IN RESIDUAL SOIL OVERLYING THE BASALT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON NW PART OF ROCK SPRING TABLE
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1953 BY MACDONALD; DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS IN RESIDUAL SOIL OVERLYING THE BASALT. PROBABLY PROSPECTED FOR URANIUM, PRECIOUS METALS.
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
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.
