Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims

The Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims is a mine located in Eureka 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: Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.5, -115.86667

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Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims


Commodity

Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE AND PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Comment (Deposit): TWELVE MODERN PLACER CLAIMS OCCUR ALONG SIMPSON CREEK, DE PAOLI CANYON, AND NEWARK CANYON. 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% TIO2. SAMPLES COLLECTED BY NEVADA BUR. MINES AVERAGED FROM 0.5 TO 8.2% TIO2. AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT IN EXPOSED TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE-ENRICHED AREAS WAS 1 TO 2%.


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.