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Last Stand Claim

Occurrence in Washoe 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. 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 10068508
MRDS ID W001580
Record type Site
Current site name Last Stand Claim
Related records 10125636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.55102, 40.83321 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Sawmill Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
34N 021E;022E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.55102, 40.83321
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gerlach 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 RANDOM SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.7 TO 1.3% TIO2. SAMPLES FROM ENRICHED ZONES CONTAINED 0.9, 2.5, AND 3.8% TIO2. BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 32.0% TIO2 AND TRACES OF SCHEELITE BUT THE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE UPGRADED TO ORE GRADE.

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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