Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims

The Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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

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Site Name

Primary: Tag, Pam, Pat, and Sam Claims
Secondary: Lucky Strike No. O
Secondary: Anomaly No.2

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1956
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: UP TO .25 PER CENT C1308

Materials

Gangue: Bentonite

Comments

Comment (Location): TURN EAST ON GRADED ROAD 1.25 MILES S. OF MOUNTAIN CITY, GO 2.5 MILES TO PROSPECT. TRENCHES ARE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD JUST NORTH OF QUARTZITE HILL.

Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITIC AIRE-FALL TUFF & BENTONITE LAYER WITH UP TO U.25% & U308 AT CONTACT ZONE, IN FORM OF AUTUNITE

Comment (Workings): 2 BULLDOZER CUTS, 30 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT, TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT ALONG 400 FEET OF A EXPOSED CONTACT BETWEEN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE BASAL ZONE OF A RHYOLITIC AIR-FALL TUFF BELOW A BLACK, VITROPHYRIC, ANDESITIC WELDED TUFF CALLED THE PYROXENE ANDESITE OF RUSSELL GULCH. AUTONITE IS CONCENTRATED IN A 2-3 INCH THICK BENTONITIC ZONE JUST ABOVE A THIN CHARCOAL LAYER. URANIUM MINERALIZATION, (WEAKER), CONTINUES FOR A FOOT ABOVE AND BELOW THE BENTONITIC LAYER.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT AS OF 1973 CONSISTED OF TWO BULLDOZER CUTS AND A 30 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT FILLED WITH WATER TO WITHIN 25 FEET OF THE SURFACE BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=.03 MR/HR; HIGH=1.5 MR/HR. TRENCHES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ROAD N. OF QUARTZITE HILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE JARBIDGE QUADRANGLE, NEVADA-IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1141-M, P.M1-M24

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, A.M., 1956, AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC SURVEY OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. OPEN-FILE REPT. SLAO-TM-7, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3432.

Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1968, PRELIMNARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNTAIN CITY QUADRANGLE U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP.

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.