Rim Rock Mine

The Rim Rock Mine is a uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rim Rock Mine
Secondary: Rimrock Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko

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

Owner Name: Bogdanich Development Co.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET, BEDDED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINE

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION WAS IN 1960 BY BOGDANICH DEVELOPEMENT COMPANY AN. OPEN PIT MINE IS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): AUTUNITE OCCURS IN VOLCANICS AND ARKOSIC SEDIMENTS OVERLYING QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION IN 1960 BY BOGDANICH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 26, T. 46 N, R 54 E

Comment (Production): LESS THAN 500 TONS URANIUM ORE PRODUCED.

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LARRY, J., 1973, RADIO ACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG

Reference (Deposit): BULL 81.

Reference (Production): GARSIDE, L.J. (1973) P. 42

Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

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.