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Big Dune

Occurrence in Nye 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068500
MRDS ID W001571
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dune

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58421, 36.66664 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position AT BIG DUNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Dune(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 048E 16,17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Hypersthene Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Magnetite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Analytical data

Result 1951-SAMPLES OF DUNE MATERIAL CONTAIN 60% QUARTZ, 20 % FELDSPAR, 5 % CALCITE, 15 % DARK MINERALS, 10 % DARK ROCK FRAGMENTS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-EOLIAN (SAND DUNE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lee District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L. H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 3, 42 P.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 65-66.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT OF DUNE SANDS VARIES FROM A FEW TO 10% OR MORE. FOUR SAMPLES COLLECTED AND ASSAYED CONTAINED NO MORE THAN 0.5% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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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