The Whitney Ridge is a titanium, metal and iron mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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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
Elevation:
Commodity: Titanium, Metal, Iron
Lat, Long: 36.66667, -114.05000
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Whitney Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitney Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Bunkerville 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
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hypersthene
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ALKALIC (PEGMATITES)
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PEGMATITES CONTAIN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN PLATES AND STREAKS WITH UP TO 3% TIO2.
References
Reference (Deposit): BEAL, L. H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 3, 42 P
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.
