| Deposit ID | 10068491 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001561 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance Claims |
| Related records | 10197863 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.96763, 39.9499 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Location accuracy | 25(meters) |
| Relative position | Within 20m. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Churchill(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bolivia(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Churchill |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 024N | 036E | 15,16,17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Result | 8 SAMPLES ASSAYED BETWEEN 0.6 AND 9.0% TIO2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 10 SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 1.3% TIO2. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -117.96763, 39.9499 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Table Mountain (Corral Canyon) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. I. Dupont De Nemours And Co., Inc. (1950'S). |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clark Barton And Y. S. Baxter Of Fallon, Nev. |
| First year | 1963 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 94.49M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001561 |
BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 14 LODE (AND ONE PLACER) CLAIMS OVER 160 ACRES. ANALYSIS OF 8 SAMPLES CHEMICALLY AND PETROGRAPHICALLY CONTAINING ILMENITE, LEUCOXENE, AND RUTILE TRACES VARIED FROM 0.6 TO 9.0% TIO2. A CHURN DRILL HOLE 150 FT. DEEP IN THE PLACER CLAIM CUT PLACER DEBRIS CONTAINING FROM 4.5 TO 30% ILMENITE. DURING A BRIEF RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY, 10 SAMPLES WERE CUT. THREE APLITE SAMPLES WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF RUTILE ASSAYED 0.4 TO 1.3% TIO2, THREE GABBRO AND ONE DIORITE SAMPLE, FROM A TRACE TO 0.9% TIO2, AND PLACER SAMPLES CUT NEAR THE SURFACE, 0.7 TO 1.2% TIO2. SOME PLACER SAMPLES ALSO CONTAINED SEVERAL PERCENT OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-81 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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