Radium Deposit

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Radium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046992
MRDS ID M242228
Record type Site
Current site name Radium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38556, 35.77806 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position SEVERAL MILES WEST OF SUTTER SIDING., Within 5 Miles
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 25S 59E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1960 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Radium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38556, 35.77806

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARNOTITE, ASSOCIATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE, OCCURS AS A COATING IN FRACTURES IN SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J. Isachson, Formerly Of Sean, Nev.
Year of first production 1931

Mining district

District name Jean

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES AND OPEN-CUTS.

Comments on development

  • ALTHOUGH PROSPECTING HAS BEEN CARRIED ON BY A NUMBER OF SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES AND OPEN-CUTS, THE AMOUNT OF CARNOTITE FOUND WAS TOO SMALL TO BE COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M242228

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG, 1937, RECONNASANCE OF MINERAL DIST IN CLARK CO., NEV.; USGS INF CIRC. 6964, P. 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology