Redelius Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043821
MRDS ID M231104
Record type Site
Current site name Redelius Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.73071, 38.85101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carters Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 020E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.73071, 38.85101

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF VUTILE OCCUR DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE APLIT, BUT BLEBS OF RUTILE MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN THE SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE AND GOUGE ALONG THE FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L H INVEST OF TITANIUM OCCURS IN NEVADA, NBMG REPORT 3, 1963

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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