Blue Metal Corundum

The Blue Metal Corundum is a titanium, metal mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.

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: Blue Metal Corundum

State:  Nevada

County:  Douglas

Elevation:

Commodity: Titanium, Metal

Lat, Long: 38.96667, -119.36667

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Blue Metal Corundum MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Metal Corundum


Commodity

Primary: Titanium, Metal


Location

State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Buckskin District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Corundum
Unknown: Andalusite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ANALYSIS A SAMPLE OF THE CORUNDUM-ANDALUSITE ORE FROM A PIT OVER AN ADIT GAVE PERCENTAGES OF 40.0 AL2O3, 0.31 FE, 0.8 CAO, 0.05 MGO, 50.0 SIO2, 0.13 NA2O, 0.23 K2O, 6.85 LOI (LOSS ON IGNITION), AND 0.52 TIO2. NO TITANIUM MINERALS WERE NAMED AS SOURCE OF TI CONTENT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE


References

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


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.