The Pitch Claims is a uranium mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,749 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
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.56667, -119.19167
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Pitch Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pitch Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE FROM SHEAR ZONE CONTAINED 0.01 PERCENT EU3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): N 1/2 SECTION 9
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.02 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.04 MR/HR.
Comment (Workings): 32 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 6 FT. ADIT, DOZED BENCH
Comment (Deposit): BIG CRYSTAL DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81
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.
