Bullet Placer No. 1 Claim

The Bullet Placer No. 1 Claim is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bullet Placer No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Coaldale 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
Deposit Type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH = 0.16 M R/HR.
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.015 MR/HR

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS AROUND A SPRING. THE HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY WAS FOUND OVER THE SPRING ITSELF AND IN WIND-BLOWN SAND NEARBY. AREAS OF ALLUVIUM WITHIN 100 FT. OF THE SPRING ARE 2 TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND.

Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY MAY POSSIBLY BE DUE TO GAMMA-EMITTING DELAY PRODUCTS OF RADONIN IN THE SPRING WATER.

Comment (Location): AT FAR SOUTH END OF COLUMBUS SALT MARSH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS

References

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MOLS DATA

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.