Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck Claims

The Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck Claims is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 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: Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 459

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lignite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Coaldale District (Gilbert 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

Owner Name: Paul Burkett (Goldfield); Sold To Pacific Gold And Uuranium
Home Office: 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 105, Los Angeles, Ca

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Mountain Front Fault

Type: L
Description: Fault, Striking Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 22.800000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 22.800000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH = 0.15 + MR/HR
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND = 0.05 MR/HR
Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.02 TO 2.20% CU308

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): IN 1982, BULLDOZER ROAD, RECENT DRILL HOLES, PROBABLY FOR URANIUM.

Comment (Commodity): HIGHEST RADIOACTIVE READINGS ASSOCIATED WITH VEINLETS; SMOKEY QUARTZ CRYSTALS.

Comment (Location): NEAR COALDALE COAL MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): NEARBY LIGNITE BEDS IN THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE NOT URANIFEROUS. SINTER APPEARS TO BE FROM PALEO-HOT SPRINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES CALCULATED TO A DEPTH OF 50 FEET

Comment (Development): 6 OR MORE ROTARY DRILL HOLES DRILLED, PROBABLY IN 1981, IN THE LOW RELIEF AREA SOUTH OF THE MAIN RADIOACTIVE LOCALITY ON THE LOW HILL.

Comment (Deposit): URANIUM IS IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED IN SILICEOUS VEINLETS, IN A SILICEOUS BRECCIA PIPE, ALONG LIMONITE-STAINED JOINT SURFACES AND AS INCRUSTATIONS AND CAVITY FILLINGS. VEINLETS AND SMALL IRREGULAR PODS OF HIGHER GRADE URANIUM ROCK OUTCROP OF BROWN TO BLACK FE-MN OXIDE-BEARING SILICEOUS SINTER, 1M THICK AND 10 M LONG.

Comment (Geology): YELLOW URANIUM MINERAL OCCURS AS PARTIALLY FILLINGS IN HOLES ONCE OCCUPIED BY FELDSPARS (WHICH ARE GENERALLY ALTERED TO CLAY SMECTITE?; ALSO OCCURING AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND SOMETIMES AS THIN (1 MM) SELVAGES ALONG THE SILICEOUS VEINLETS. THE YELLOW MINERALS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIOACTIVITY, BUT IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY HYPOGENE (4 VALENT) URANIUM MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, G.W. AND STEPHENS, J.G., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM-BEARING CARBONACEOUS ROCKS IN CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF OREGON AND NEVADA: U.S.G.S. CIRC. 313, 8 P.

Reference (Deposit): MCKELVEY, V.E., 1957, SEARCH FOR URANIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S.G.S. BULL 1030-A, 64 P.

Reference (Deposit): DUNCAN, D.C., 1953, A URANIUM-BEARING RHYOLITIC TUFF DEPOSIT NEAR COALDALE, ESMERALDA CO. NEV: U.S.G.S. CIRC. 291, 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78 P. 59-60

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 13 JUL 82.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DUNCAN (1953)

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.