Race Track Mine

The Race Track Mine is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Race Track Mine
Secondary: Lucky Lager Claim
Secondary: Speedway Claim.
Secondary: Lucky Lager and Speedway Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ONE ORE SAMPLE 0.755 PER CENT U3O8

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): A 100-TON TRIAL SHIPMENT OF ORE IN 1958 PRODUCED 10,000 LB. U3O8 ONE ORE SAMPLE RAN 0.755% U3O8

Comment (Development): 100-TON TRIAL SHIPMENT IN 1958

Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Geology): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG A SHEAR ZONE SEPARATING TERTIARY VOLCANICS ROCKS FROM CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE RADIOACTIVITY WAS DISCERNABLE FOR MORE THAN 200 FEET ALONG A 15-FOOT WIDE ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY-120 CPS; HIGH-1200 TO 1500 CPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM IS APPROX. TO CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 81

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3428.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1958; BUTLER, 1958, P. 127

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

Reference (Production): GARSIDE, L.J., (1973) P. 41

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.