Mine detail: Sage Hen Spring Prospect

Previously called 'Uranium Lode ClaimsSage Hen Claims'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.05211, -119.22933
dep_id: 10042422
mrds_id: M060211
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Uranophane
alteration: Argillization Of Granodiorite Near Contact With Auld Lang Syne Remnant
conc_proc: Secondary Enrichment Of Uranium
ore_ctrl: E-Trending Fractures In Quartzite; Near Pegmatite Dike
Reporter: Johnson, M. G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)
hrock_unit: Auld Lang Syne Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Greenstone
arock_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
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • 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.
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