Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10047385 |
MRDS ID |
M242675 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence |
Geographic coordinates
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