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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. Ore body information
  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 10045606
MRDS ID M233380
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
Mount Diablo 031N 054E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Unknown

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE, MAX. 8.3% TIO2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95091, 40.56658
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Economic information

Ore body information

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Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L.H. (1963) INVEST OF TITANING OCCURRENCE IN NEVADA, NBMG REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSIT CONTAINING ILMENITE & MAGNETITE
Deposit PLACER MATERIAL DERIVED CHIEFLY FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS, CONTAINING ILMENITE AND MAGNETITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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