Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlHighly Altered Vesicular To Scoriaceous Flow Tops And Breccia Layers
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueOpal, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureNw Trending Faults Paralleling The Caldera Rim
Tectonic settingNorth Margin Of The Mcdermitt Caldera
AlterationMineralized Rocks Are Intensely Altered, Mainly To Clay Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1977
Identification
Deposit ID10036277
MRDS IDM025036
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.03044, -117.90016
References
FERNS, MARK L. ,PERSONAL KNOWNLEDGEAustralia's Paydirt, March 2011, p. 90-91.Energy Ventures Ltd., 2011, http://www.energyventures.com.au/projects/projectsoregon.htmlMyers, Gregory, and Underhill, Douglas, 2005, Technical Report of the Aurora Uranium Project, Malheur county, Oregon: NI 43-101 report prepared for Quincy Energy Company (available for download at www.sedar.com [Quincy Energy Corp., Technical Report(s), Sept 19, 2005]).ROPER AND WALLACE, 1980