Commodities
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlBentonitic Layer With Thin Charcoal Layer Below.
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite · Pyroxene Andesite Of Russell Gulch
Associated rockWelded Tuff · Pyroxene Andesite Of Russell Gulch;Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10045595
MRDS IDM233368
Alternate namesLucky Strike No. O, Anomaly No.2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.82296, -115.91121
References
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 81.COATS, R.R., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE JARBIDGE QUADRANGLE, NEVADA-IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1141-M, P.M1-M24PETERSON, A.M., 1956, AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC SURVEY OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. OPEN-FILE REPT. SLAO-TM-7, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3432.COATS, R.R., 1968, PRELIMNARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNTAIN CITY QUADRANGLE U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP.