| Lat / long: | 41.79155, -118.16071 |
| Primary: | Uranium |
| Tertiary: | Manganese, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Carnotite, Torbernite, Uraninite |
| Gangue: | Fluorite, Galena |
| Orebody form: | BLANKET |
| Other material: | Pyrite |
| Discovery year: | 1955 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1955 |
| Host type: | Tuff,Rhyolite |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Latite |
| Structure: | Rhyolite 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification, Argillization And Potassic (Potash Feldspar And Sericite) |
| MRDS | M029068 |
| DEP | 10037003 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MC DERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 76-535.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-15-84 AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURENCE.}{Deposit:: SHARP, B. J., 1955; USAEC REPORT RME-2032, 14 PP.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, A. O., AND POWERS, J. F., 1955; USAEC REPORT TEM-874-A.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J. J. AND GLANZMAN, R. K., 1978, USGS OFR 78-926.}{Production:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976.} |
| Reporter | Walker, George W., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) |