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Big Dune

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Feldspar, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173930
MAS/MILS ID 0320230614
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dune
Alternate or previous names Beatty Sand

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.58838, 36.64997 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 015 S 048 E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.58838, 36.64997
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 65-66.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 3, 1963, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.