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Whitney Ridge

Occurrence in Clark 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068492
MRDS ID W001562
Record type Site
Current site name Whitney Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05081, 36.66666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16S 71E 16,17,18,19,20,21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Hypersthene Gangue
Spinel Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05081, 36.66666
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ALKALIC (PEGMATITES)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bunkerville 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 SEVERAL PEGMATITES CONTAIN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN PLATES AND STREAKS WITH UP TO 3% TIO2.

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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