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Titus Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Selenium
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044313
MRDS ID M231710
Record type Site
Current site name Titus Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13589, 38.7255 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position 0.7 MILES EAST OF CRUISER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moores Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 052E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nevada Formation
    Rock description Nevada Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.13589, 38.7255
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Striking N35e; Shear Zone Striking N35e And 80 Ft Wide; A N35e, 70se Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS
    Strike N35E
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is Located On The N35e, 70se Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 135

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME CRYSTALS ARE UP TO 6 INCHES LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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