Structure: Ring Fault System Of Virgin Valley Caldera Ring Fault System Of Virgin Valley Caldera

Alteration: Minor Silicification

Deposit: Exact location unknown: developed by shallow bulldozer cuts ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ

Deposit type: Volcanogenic U

Rock formation(s): Canyon Rhyolite

Ore(s): Contact Of Canyon Rhyolite With Overlying Sediments

Commodity List

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ⓘ Uranium

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Obsidian

ⓘ Rhyolite

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Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10095367

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America Plate

Columbia Basin and RangeWide Rift

USA

Nevada
- Black Rock DesertDesert

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References

Twitchell, C.I., (1955), Usaec File R-45.

Garside, L. J., (1973), Radioactive Mineral Occurrences in Nevada; NBMG Bull. 81

Mitchell, T.P., (1980), Field Examination Report of Uranium Occurrence.

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