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Dixie Creek Area

Occurrence in Elko 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068493
MRDS ID W001564
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.95091, 40.56658 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
31N 54E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95091, 40.56658
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE RHYOLITE BEDROCK. THE RHYOLITE OVERLIES GRANITE. ; GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS,VOLCANIC
  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad 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 Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit OCTAHEDRITE REPORTED IN SMALL FISSURES OF QUARTZ VEINS BUT RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATIONS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY SUCH CONCENTRATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PLACER MATERIAL DERIVED CHIEFLY FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS. PLACER SAMPLE REPORTED IN 1905 HAD 5.9% ILMENITE AND 44% MAGNETITE. SURFACE SAMPLES BY NEVADA BUR. MINES CONTAINED A MAXIMUM OF 0.3% TIO2 AND LITTLE MAGNETITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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