Nevada · Esmeralda County
Occurrence

Gap Strike Group, Sammy Group and Wolf Group

Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockTuff
StructureNe-Trending Faults
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10046820
MRDS IDM242032
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.95994, -117.96065
References
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. BULL 81U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECON. REPT 3456.FINCH, 1967, GEOLOGY OF EPIGENETIC URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONE IN THE U.S.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 538, 121 P.USBM, 1978, MILS DATANBMG BULL 78, 1972, P. 60.