Lowboy Mine

The Lowboy Mine 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: Lowboy Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 39.41583, -116.97583

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Lowboy Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lowboy Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Birch Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN 0.5% U3O8.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE HAS YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF URANIUM-BEARING MATERIAL FROM A SILICIFIED ZONE IN GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE ALONG AND NEAR A CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, TWO STOPES, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): ORE CAME FROM A SILICIFIED ZONE IN GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE ALONG AND NEAR A CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, TWO STOPES, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND PITS.

Comment (Location): BLACKBIRD CREEK

Comment (Identification): The trailing comma in the old_MRDS_ID M23286, goes back at least as far as the 2000 CD. It could be a changed 7th character, as M232861 and M232868 are unused in the 2000 CD.


References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88


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.