Mine detail: Sage Hen Spring Prospect

Previously called 'Uranium Lode ClaimsSage Hen Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.05211, -119.22933

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Uranophane
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Auld Lang Syne Group
Host type:Quartzite,Greenstone
Associated type:Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure:Central Part Of Eugeosynclinal Portion Of Basin And Range Of Nevada., East Flank Of Nightingale Fault Block Mountain; Roof Pendant Of Auld Lang Syne Metasediments Which Strike N 10 E And Dip 50e. Basalt Domes Lie On Strike.
Tectonic:Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:Argillization Of Granodiorite Near Contact With Auld Lang Syne Remnant

References

MRDSM060211
DEP10042422
Reference{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 94.}{Deposit:: U.S.A.E.C. PRELIM. REPORT RECONN 3720, OPEN FILE}{Deposit:: SMOUSE, DE FORREST, 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.}
ReporterJohnson, M. G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)