Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10047385 |
| MRDS ID |
M242675 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence |
Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
|
-118.01766, 41.72905 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
1524 |
| Relative position |
ABOUT 4 MI (6.5 KM) N 55 W OF SENTINEL ROCK |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Nevada |
Humboldt |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Mount Diablo |
044N |
035E |
02 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- NEAR MOUTH OF POLE CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Uranium |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Barite |
Gangue |
| Limonite |
Gangue |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Silicic And Argillic Alteration, As Well As Potassic According To Rytuba And Conrad (1979)
Analytical data
| Result |
UP TO 0.01% U308 AND 0.024% EU WITH HIGH AS, BE, MO, P, PB, SB, Y, AND ZR. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY IS 300 CPS (65 UR). HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY RECORDED HERE WAS 2800 CPJ |
| Result |
(600 UR). LOTS OF ROCK RUNNING FROM 600 TO 1500 CPS. (130-330 CPS.) |
Mineral occurrence model information
| Model code |
155 |
| USGS model code |
25f |
| BC deposit profile |
D06 |
| Deposit model name |
Volcanogenic U |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Felsic Volcanic Rock
> Rhyolite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Miocene |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Miocene |
|
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Felsic Volcanic Rock
> Rhyolite |
Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
South Part Of Mcdermitt Caldera, A Volcanogenic Subsidence Feature About 40 Km In Diameter |
|
| Local |
Nw Fault With Steep Ne Dip. Possible Ene Fault |
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Ore body information
| General form |
PODS |
| Strike |
NW |
| Dip |
SHALLOW TO STEEPLY E |
| Thickness |
2M
|
| Width |
3M
|
| Length |
800M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- SOME PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE CRYSTAL-RICH. A SMALL VOLUME OF THIN-BEDDED, FINE-GRAINED, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE RHYOLITE. SIMILAR ROCKS OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE TO THE SE, BUT ARE POORLY EXPOSED
