| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Opal |
| Formula: | SiO2 · nH2O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Opal data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aurora Uranium Prospect, Opalite Mining District (McDermitt Mining District), Malheur County, Oregon, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 470475 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:470475:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 73040313-de5d-492d-8eb0-7d48a583cdcd |
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| 14.3km (8.9 miles) | ⓘMcDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 15.0km (9.3 miles) | ⓘCordero Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 21.8km (13.6 miles) | ⓘDisaster Peak property (Nevada Cinnabar Group; Bretchell Mercury Deposit), Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 25.2km (15.7 miles) | ⓘOld Man Spring Prospect, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 39.2km (24.4 miles) | ⓘBuckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 39.8km (24.7 miles) | ⓘBuckskin National mine, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 61.9km (38.5 miles) | ⓘPaiute, Harney County, Oregon, USA |
| 63.5km (39.5 miles) | ⓘDouble Link Occurrence, Pueblo Mining District (Denio Mining District), Harney County, Oregon, USA |
| 65.3km (40.6 miles) | ⓘBlue Bull Occurrence (Ionic Claims; Chukar Group), Pueblo Mining District (Denio Mining District), Harney County, Oregon, USA |
| 68.2km (42.4 miles) | ⓘHarmony Occurrence (Surprise Group; Ajax Claims), Pueblo Mining District (Denio Mining District), Harney County, Oregon, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | volcanic rock-hosted uranium deposits in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor...School of Mines, Mail Stop 178, Reno, NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999...Northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon have the largest uranium ŽU. deposits in Tertiary volcanic rocks...peralkaline rocks in the McDermitt and Virgin Valley calderas. At McDermitt, major deposits are along...ŽKings River. and northern ring fractures ŽBretz–Opalite. of the caldera complex. The Kings River deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | copper 4.3 Dolomitic copper cobalt 4.4 Sandstone uranium 4.5 Sediment-hosted submarine exhalative Zn Pb...Emerald veins 5.11 Sn, W veins 5.12 Volcanogenic uranium 6. Sedimentary 7. Weathering 7.1 Cauca bauxite...(Cyprus), York Harbor, (Canada) Turner-Albright, (USA) References 3.1 (continued) Petersen and Zantop...Deposit Types Halite, sylvite, gypsum, anhydrite. uranium. Native copper in basaltic rocks Metal Concentrations...Ruby Creek also Zn, DEPOSIT TYPE Sandstone Uranium AUTHOR C. A. Hodges SUBTYPE DATE 4.4 Roll front |  | Hodges, C.A., Cox, D.P., Singer, D.A., Case, J.E., Berger, B.R., Albers, J.P. (1984) U.S. Geological Survey-INGEOMINAS mineral resource assessment of Colombia. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (84-345) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84345 | Report (issue) | | native copper (4.2) 22 Sandstone (sedimentary) uranium (4.4) 24 Sediment-hosted submarine exhalative...native copper 21 10. Sandstone (sedimentary) uranium 23 11. Sediment-hosted submarine exhalative...possibilities for the occurrence of bauxite, iron, uranium, gold, diamonds, rare earths, possibly tin and...bauxite, sandstone-hosted leadzinc, iron formation, uranium, paleoplacer gold and diamonds, rare earths, and...complex mineralogy (such as the California-Vetas district) would be useful, not only for exploration in |  | | Report (volume) | | California and Oregon, U.S.A. 41 PGE grades of pediform chromite deposits from California and Oregon, U.S.A....rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...deposits 161 Tonnages of volcanogenic U deposits 164 Uranium grade of volcanogenic U deposits 164 Tonnages of...247 Tonnages of unconformity U-Au deposits 250 Uranium grades of unconformity U-Au deposits 250 Tonnages...deals exclusively with nonfuel minerals (including uranium), for these show a commonality of geologic expressions |  | | Report (issue) | | ENVIRONMENTS OF SANDSTONE-TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON URANIUM GEOLOGY ORGANIZED BY THE...1985 GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS OF SANDSTONE-TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS IAEA, VIENNA, 1985 IAEA-TECDOC-328 Printed...exploration for uranium deposits over the last decade has added significantly to our knowledge of uranium geology...geology and the nature of uranium deposits. Much of the information that has been developed by government...and publication. With the current cut-back in uranium exploration and research efforts there is a real |
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