Mine detail: Granite Point Claims

Previously called 'Chevron Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.80821, -118.16488

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Ilmenite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Sw Fracture Zone Of Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, N-Trending Normal Faults, Parallel.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillization, K-Spar

References

MRDS	M029069
DEP	10037004
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; 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:: CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE REPORT.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, A. O. AND POWERS, J. F., 1955, URANIUM OCCURRENCES AT THE MOONLIGHT MINE AND GRANITE POINT CLAIMS, HUMBOLD-T COUNTY, NEVADA, USAEC.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J. J., AND CONRAD, W. K., USGS OFR 79-541.}
Reporter	Walker, George W., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)