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Pole Creek Uranium Occurrence, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 43' 44'' North , 118° 1' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.72905,-118.01766
GeoHash:
G#: 9rkj6kw1m
GRN:
N28W64
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Orovada155 (2011)26.2km
McDermitt172 (2011)38.8km
Paradise Valley109 (2011)47.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
430074
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:430074:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: South Part Of Mcdermitt Caldera, A Volcanogenic Subsidence Feature About 40 Km In Diameter NW Fault With Steep Ne Dip. Possible Ene Fault

Alteration: Silicic And Argillic Alteration, As Well As Potassic According To Rytuba And Conrad (1979)

Tectonics: Mobile Belt

Deposit: Most radioactivity rock is in nw-trending pods up to 9m thick or along nw-trending shears dipping steeply east. Uraniferous rock does not appear to have much depth extension and may be confined mostly to a shallowly-dipping tabular zone As at the rock creek occurrence just to the northeast. May be hydro authigenic or hydrothermal.

Deposit type: Volcanogenic U

Geology: 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

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Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
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Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
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References

Willden, R., (1964), NBMG Bull 59, Pl. I.
Rytuba, J.J. and Conrad, W.K., (1979), USGS Open-file Report 79-541.
Castor, S.B., (1980), Field Check of Uranium Occurrence
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