The Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence is a titanium, metal mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sand Springs Dune Titanium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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
Operation Type: Unknown
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: SAND DUNE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES COLLECTED SYSTEMATICALLY CONTAIN UP TO 40% HEAVY MINERALS, BUT AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT LESS THAN 10%.
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Development): SAMPLES COLLECTED SYSTEMATICALLY
Comment (Deposit): LOCALLY THE DUNE EXHIBITS SUPERFICIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF "HEAVY MINERALS.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2.5 MILES N. OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FOURMILE FLAT (1972) 1:24000
Comment (Workings): SAMPLES COLLECTED AT 200-FT INTERVALS ALONG THE SE EDGE OF THE DUNE YIELDED AN AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT OF LESS THAN 1% TIO2.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-EOLIAN (SAND DUNE)
Comment (Deposit): DUNE HAS SUPERFICIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS. DUNE SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 40% HEAVY MINERALS BUT LESS THAN 10% TIO2. SAMPLES COLLECTED AT 200-FT. INTERVALS ON SOUTH SIDE OF DUNE CONTAINED LESS THAN 1% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPT 3
Nevada Gold
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.
