Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence

The Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,960 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

Name: Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 3,960 Feet (1,207 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 40.6625, -119.36583

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Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Great Boiling Springs Uranium Occurrence


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Deephole District (Closest Area)


Land Status

Not available


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: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range, Central Part Of Euged Synclinal Basin In Nevada

Type: L
Description: On Fault Trace Along E Side Of Granite Range


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 700-600 CPS OR 7-6 TIMES BACKGROUND, 2X10 FT, MOUNT SOPRIS. SAMPLE MEX 414 CONTAINS K-7.7, U-4.7, TH-0.7 100 SECONDS. MEX 415: K-13.9, U-8.2, TH-0.9 100 SECONDS. SAMPLE 415 OF BLACK CARBONACEOUS LAKE SEDIMENTS FROM POOL RIM CONTAINS 1.0 PPM U3O8 (ORIFICE #29). SAMPLE 416 OF SILICEOUS MUD VOLCANO CONTAINS 4.0 PPM U3O8 (ORIFICE #16). 3 WATER SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.3 PP3 U3O8 EACH.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS

Comment (Location): AT SOUTHEASTERN MOST EXTREMITY OF THE GRANITE RANGE

Comment (Development): INACTIVE, NO EXPLORATION

Comment (Deposit): URANIUM IS PRESENT IN SILICEOUS SINTER, AND ORGANIC SEDIMENTS BUT NOT IN QUANTITY TO BE ECONOMIC. DARK GREY SILICEOUS SINTER FORMED BY PRECIPITATION AROUND HOT SPRING POOL, AND IN CARBONACEOUS DARK GREY TO BLACK SOFT, SILTY, CLAY SEDIMENTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J. AND SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, NBMG BULL. 91, P. 76.

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, MICHAEL T., NOV, 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION AND REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.


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.