Mine detail: Virgin Valley Ranch Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

41.7882, -119.10713

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gemstone, Uranium
Ore:	Carnotite
Orebody form:	TUFF AND ASH BEDS, DISCONTINUOUS
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Ash,Basalt
Associated type:	Tuff,Volcanic Ash,Basalt
Alteration processes:	Clay, Silicification

References

MRDS	M232685
DEP	10045033
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND BAUER, H.L.,1951, VIRGIN VALLEY OPAL DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS INF. CIRC. 142}{Production:: STAATZ, M. H., AND BAUER, H. L., 1951.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.