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Blue Metal Corundum

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068489
MRDS ID W001559
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Metal Corundum
Related records 10124564

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.36766, 38.96658 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
13N 23E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Unknown
Corundum Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.36766, 38.96658
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckskin District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L. H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 3, 42 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANALYSIS A SAMPLE OF THE CORUNDUM-ANDALUSITE ORE FROM A PIT OVER AN ADIT GAVE PERCENTAGES OF 40.0 AL2O3, 0.31 FE, 0.8 CAO, 0.05 MGO, 50.0 SIO2, 0.13 NA2O, 0.23 K2O, 6.85 LOI (LOSS ON IGNITION), AND 0.52 TIO2. NO TITANIUM MINERALS WERE NAMED AS SOURCE OF TI CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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

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