Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims

The Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims is a mine located in Nye 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: Salisbury Wash Ilmenite Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.2, -117.01667

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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

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.