Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlN 70 W Fault In Volcanics; Uranium Probably Leached From Rhyolite Tuffs, Redeposited In Fracture Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsUranophane
GangueCalcite, Hematite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Auld Lang Syne;Hartford Hill Rhyolite;Chloropagus Formation
StructureMobile Belt, Deposit Is Along West Side Of Nightingale Block-Faulted Range; Caldera Margin
Tectonic settingCentral Part Of Eugeosynclinal Part Of Nevada Basin And Range.
AlterationArgillization Of Rhyolite With Hematite; Silicification Of Rhyolite Away From Fault
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10043857
MRDS IDM231147
Alternate namesLucky Day No. 2 Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.9935, -119.28378
References
SMOUSE, DE FORREST, 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.STAFF, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE: OPEN FILE REPORT 3739.GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 98.BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, WITH A SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL ROCK AND MINERAL DEPOSITS BY K.L. PAPKE: NBMG BULL. 70., P. 72, PL. I, II.