The Hot No. 1 Mine is a uranium mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,520 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
Elevation: 7,520 Feet (2,292 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.60111, -116.94639
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Hot No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hot No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Red Hill Claim
Secondary: Nighthawk Mine
Secondary: Night Hawk
Secondary: Blue Bird No. 1
Secondary: Granite
Secondary: Granate
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified And Limonitized Shear Zones.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 3.2 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.05 % U308. SELECT SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 0.3 % U308. 1980-A SAMPLE FROM THE ADIT CONTAINED 1500 PPM MN, 10 PPM BE, 200 PPM MO, 500 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 155 FT ADIT, A SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS.
Comment (Commodity): WULFENITE FOUND IN OXIDIZED ZONES AND MOLYBDENITE FOUND IN DEEPER UNOXIDIZED ZONES
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 89
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
