Hunter Ranch

The Hunter Ranch is a mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Hunter Ranch  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.51611, -115.87694

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Hunter Ranch MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hunter Ranch


Commodity

Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BLANKET


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 1000 M

Comment (Development): 12 MODERN PLACER CLAIMS IN 3 CANYONS

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN NEWARK CANYON, SIMPSON CREEK AND DE PAOLI CANYON IN TWELVE MODERN PLACES CLAIMS. MANY OF THE BLACK SAND DEPOSITS ARE ADJACENT TO THE TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE AND TUFF LENSES FROM WHICH TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE AND MAGNETITE HAVE WEATHERED OUT. BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE SAMPLES SUBMITTED BY OWNERS CONTAINED 9.2% TI02. SAMPLES COLLECTED BY NBMG AVERAGED 0.5% TI02. AVERAGE TI02 CONTENT IN EXPOSED TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE-ENRICHED AREAS WAS 1% TO 2%.

Comment (Deposit): TITANIUM ILMENITE-MAGNETITE PLACER. BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 9.2% T102 (OWNERS SAMPLES). NBMG SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.5% TO 8.2% TI02


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 122, REFERENCE NO. 3201100015


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.