Mine detail: Buff Peak Uranium Occurrence Main

Previously called 'Nevada Group, In PartBottle Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.3696, -118.35682

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Weeksite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Rhyolite,Mafic Volcanic Rock
Structure:N Nw-Trending High Angle Faults; Possible Caldera Ring Fracture 2 Km To Northeast
Tectonic:Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification, Argillization

References

MRDSM242536
DEP10047261
Reference{Deposit:: CASTOR, S.B., 1980, FIELD CHECK REPORT}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.}{Deposit:: U.S. AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. 3484}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)