Mine detail: Rock Creek Uranium Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

41.74905, -118.00238

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Ilmenite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Manto
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Southern Part Of The Mcdermitt Caldera, A Miocene Subsidence Feature 40 Km Across, Probable Ne-Trending High-Angle Normal Fault With S Side Down Is Just N Of The Radioactive Occurrences. Possible Nw-Trending Faults Also In The Area.
Tectonic:	Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Hydrothermal. Potash Feldspar

References

MRDS	M242676
DEP	10047386
Reference	{Deposit:: CASTOR, S.B. AND MITCHELL, T.P., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., AND CONRAD, W.K., 1979, USGS OFR 79-541.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)