Locality No. 7

The Locality No. 7 is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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

Name: Locality No. 7  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 41.15417, -119.37972

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Locality No. 7 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Locality No. 7


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Leadville District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U


Orebody

Form: OTHER


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SANDSTONE U.

Comment (Geology): ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF PETRIFIED WOOD IN LATE MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232559, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Location): SOUTH OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 34 APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE ON EAST FLANK OF GRANITE RANGE AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHEAST FROM BIG HOG RANCH CREEK.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LARRY J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81 P. 98


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.