Nevada · Humboldt County
Occurrence

Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main

Humboldt County, Nevada, United States
UraniumMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlLow Angle Shears And The Low-Angle Contact Between Older Sedimentary Rocks And Tertiary Volcanic Sequence
Materials
Ore mineralsWeeksite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockRhyolite,Mafic Volcanic Rock
StructureN Nw-Trending High Angle Faults; Possible Caldera Ring Fracture 2 Km To Northeast
Tectonic settingMobile Belt
AlterationSilicification, Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10047261
MRDS IDM242536
Alternate namesNevada Group, In Part, Bottle Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.3696, -118.35682
References
CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK REPORTWILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.U.S. AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3484