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Sand Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068497
MRDS ID W001568
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Creek Occurrence
Related records 10125072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46767, 41.43321 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 031E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46767, 41.43321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 30 FT. THICK SKARN ; GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURENCES IN NEV; NEV. BUR MINES REPT. 3.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983 MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN ZONE
Deposit MASSIVE RUTILE-BEARING SKARNS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A GRANITIC-CONTACT METAMORPHIC COMPLEX. SMALL DEPOSITS OF IRON, COPPER, LEAD, SILVER, AND GOLD OCCUR IN AND ADJACENT TO MARGIN OF GRANODIORITE. SKARNS SHOW LITTLE OR NO CONTINUITY. A SAMPLE OF THE HORNBLENDE-RICH SKARN CONTAINED 6.75% TIO2 WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COUNTRY ROCKS CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-72 Cooper, Margaret Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-81 Lapointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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