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Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068490
MRDS ID W001560
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence
Related records 10270494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36763, 39.33324 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES EAST OF FALLON, To Top Of Dune Shown On Topo Sheet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 032E 21,28,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.5 MILES N. OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FOURMILE FLAT (1972) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES COLLECTED SYSTEMATICALLY CONTAIN UP TO 40% HEAVY MINERALS, BUT AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT LESS THAN 10%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36763, 39.33324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SAND DUNE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-EOLIAN (SAND DUNE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SAMPLES COLLECTED AT 200-FT INTERVALS ALONG THE SE EDGE OF THE DUNE YIELDED AN AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT OF LESS THAN 1% TIO2.

Comments on development

  • SAMPLES COLLECTED SYSTEMATICALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPT 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALLY THE DUNE EXHIBITS SUPERFICIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF "HEAVY MINERALS.
Deposit DUNE HAS SUPERFICIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS. DUNE SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 40% HEAVY MINERALS BUT LESS THAN 10% TIO2. SAMPLES COLLECTED AT 200-FT. INTERVALS ON SOUTH SIDE OF DUNE CONTAINED LESS THAN 1% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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