Sand Creek Occurrence

The Sand Creek Occurrence is a mine located in Humboldt 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: Sand Creek Occurrence

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 41.43333, -118.46667

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Sand Creek Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sand Creek Occurrence


Commodity

Tertiary: Titanium, Metal


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains 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
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Rutile


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SKARN ZONE

Comment (Geology): 30 FT. THICK SKARN ; GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE RUTILE-BEARING SKARNS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A GRANITIC-CONTACT METAMORPHIC COMPLEX. SMALL DEPOSITS OF IRON, COPPER, LEAD, SILVER, AND GOLD OCCUR IN AND ADJACENT TO MARGIN OF GRANODIORITE. SKARNS SHOW LITTLE OR NO CONTINUITY. A SAMPLE OF THE HORNBLENDE-RICH SKARN CONTAINED 6.75% TIO2 WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COUNTRY ROCKS CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983 MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURENCES IN NEV; NEV. BUR MINES REPT. 3.


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.