Corral Canyon Titanium

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068488
MRDS ID W001558
Record type Site
Current site name Corral Canyon Titanium
Related records 10197865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86763, 39.93323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position Within 20m Of One Of Several Adits

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boyer Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 024N 036E 19 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILES BY ROAD NE OF DIXIE MEADOWS; 53 MILES BY DIRT ROAD NORTH OF JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50 AND THE DIXIE VALLEY ROAD NEAR FRENCHMAN STATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1966 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHERE ABUNDANT THE ANATASE (OCTAHEDRITE) FORMS SHARPLY OUTLINED LOZENGE-SHAPED MASSES UP TO 2 INCHES LONG, FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF EARLIER SPHENE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Severe; In Places Sphene Is Altered To Anatase By Reaction: Sphene+Co2 To Tio2 + Calcite + Quartz

Analytical data

Result LOCALLY, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CONTENT OF THE ALBITIC DIKES VARIES FROM LESS THAN 1% TO NEARLY 40% (AVERAGE OF ALL IS 0.75%)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
    Rock description Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Leach Formation
    Rock description Leach Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86763, 39.93323

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range Front Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Offset Ore Bodies.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 182.88M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diorite Dikes; Emplacement Probably Controlled By Shear Zones In The Diorite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • TITANIFEROUS DIKES ARE FINE-GRAINED, ALTERED, COMPOSED OF ALBITE, CALCITE, SERICITE, QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES. ; GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Table Mountain (Corral Canyon) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen And Lloyd Shaw Of Fallon, Nevada
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD SO FINE-GRAINED, IT CAN BE SEEN ONLY ON PANNING. AU/AG ABOUT 10:1. VANDERBURG REPORTS THAT A GROUP OF CLAIMS WORKED BY LESSEES IN 1938 AND OWNED BY TASKER L. ODDIE AND FRED J. LUETJENS WAS WORKED IN 1938, WITH 25 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED, AVERAGING $40/TON IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 129.5HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND DISCOVERY PITS

Comments on development

  • GOLD MINING FLOURISHED SPORADICALLY IN CORRAL CANYON IN THE LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S. FOLLOWING THIS PERIOD, SPORADIC PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT EXPOSED MANY TITANIFEROUS DIKES OR SILLS WITH ANOMALOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF ANATASE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NEV; USBM I.C. 7093.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, NICKEL DEPOSITS IN COTTONWOOD CANYON, CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 33, NO. 3; GEOL & MIN. SER. 32.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL 83.

  • Deposit

    MILS, USBM, 1979

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF PART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE: N.B.M. MAP 28.

  • Deposit

    HAND, DAVID, 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE CORRAL CANYON AREA, CHURCHILL CO., NEV.: UNPUB. M.S. THESIS, UNR.

  • Production

    WILLDEN & SPEED (1974), P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA COVERS ABOUT HALF A SQUARE MILE. GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND MINOR SPHALERITE, OCCURS IN ELONGATED LENTICULAR QUARTZ BODIES ALONG THE MARGINS OF DIKES.
Deposit GOLD MINING WAS CARRIED ON ALONG EDGES OF DIKES IN LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S. SPORADIC PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK FOLLOWING THIS PERIOD REVEALED THE TITANIFEROUS DIKES OR SILLS. THE TIO2 CONTENT OF ALBITIC DIKES AND/OR OTHER BODIES VARIED FROM LESS THAN 1 TO MORE THAN 40%, WITH THE AVERAGE CONTENT OF TIO2 IN ALL ALBITIC ROCKS EQUALLING 0.75%. A FEW GRAB SAMPLES OF THE ALBITIC MASSES RANGED FROM 2.0 TO 3.5% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

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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