Mine detail: Old Man Spring Prospect

Previously called 'Chevron Oil Prospect?'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.90432, -118.15266

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Clay, Iron, Opal, Quartz
Other material:	Barite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Mudstone,Argillite
Structure:	Mcdermitt Caldera, A Miocene Volcanic Collapse Feature About 40km Across, This Occurrence Is Near The Edge Of The Intracaldera Moat Where They Lap Up Against The W. Wall Of The Caldera
Tectonic:	Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:	Argillized, Limonite-Stained; Silicification

References

MRDS	M242674
DEP	10047384
Reference	{Deposit:: GREENE, R.C., 1976, USGS OFR 76-753.}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)