Susan Claim Group

The Susan Claim Group is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda 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: Susan Claim Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.26583, -117.29889

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Susan Claim Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Susan Claim Group
Secondary: Susan Claims
Secondary: Nos. 1-6


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain) District


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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PODS AND STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH=0.10 MR/HR. 1.5 AND 2.0-FT CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.02 AND 0.09% CU308
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY=0.04 MR/HR


Materials

Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Lepidolite


Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN ISOLATED PODS AND STRINGERS ALONG THE CONTACTS OF A QUARTZ-RICH PEGMATITE DIKE, RADIOACTIVE PODS OCCUR IN THE COUNTRY ROCK ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE DIKE, BUT THE DIKE ITSELF IS BARREN


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 53.


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.