The Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Salisbury Wells District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lorena Peterson, M. F. Peterson, T. V. Bermen
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Biotite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL
Comment (Location): NEARLY 200 CLAIMS HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN THE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF PLACER MATERIALS SHOWED FROM SEVERAL UP TO NEARLY 10% TIO2 SEVERAL SAMPLES FROM SALISBURY WASH CONTAINED A MAXIMUM OF 9% TIO2 BUT SAMPLES AVERAGED LESS THAN 1% TIO2. ONLY A FEW TONS OF CONCENTRATED TITANIFEROUS GRAVELS ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA. THERE ARE NEARLY TWO HUNDRED TITANIUM CLAIMS IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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.
