Mine detail: Big Question Prospect

Previously called 'Altonella No. 78'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15739, -119.27628

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Clay, Feldspar, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Auld Lang Syne Group
Host type:	Slate,Shale
Associated rock:	Nightingale Bathovitm
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Central Eugeosynclinal Portion Of Basin And Range Of Nevada, Roof Pendant
Tectonic:	Mobile Belt
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization Of Pegmatite

References

MRDS	M242686
DEP	10047395
Reference	{Deposit:: SMOUSE, DE FORREST, 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE.}{Deposit:: AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3733, OPEN FILE}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)