Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryManganese, Arsenic, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlBrecciation Zone Along Ring Fracture
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Torbernite, Uraninite
GangueFluorite, Galena
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Rhyolite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Latite
StructureRhyolite Dome Along Sw Ring Fracture Zone Of Mc Dermitt Caldera, N-Trending Normal Fault (Moonlight Fault). Uraniferous Vein Is Apparently Along A Major Ring Fracture Bounding The Mcdermitt Caldera. This Fracture Can Be -Traced For At Least 4 Miles To The North
AlterationSilicification, Argillization And Potassic (Potash Feldspar And Sericite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10037003
MRDS IDM029068
Alternate namesKing's River Area, Platora Mine, Moonlight and Forget-Me-Not Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2414.
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.79155, -118.16071
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59, pl. 3.RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MC DERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 76-535.GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81, p. 58.JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-15-84 AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURENCE.SHARP, B. J., 1955; USAEC REPORT RME-2032, 14 PP.TAYLOR, A. O., AND POWERS, J. F., 1955; USAEC REPORT TEM-874-A.RYTUBA, J. J. AND GLANZMAN, R. K., 1978, USGS OFR 78-926.MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 20.RYTUBA, J.J., 1976.