Pershing Titanium Placer Claims

The Pershing Titanium Placer Claims is a titanium, metal mine located in Pershing 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

Name: Pershing Titanium Placer Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Titanium, Metal

Lat, Long: 40.71667, -118.58333

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Pershing Titanium Placer Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pershing Titanium Placer Claims
Secondary: Claims Cover Area of Old 1930's Claims of Scossa Mohawk Mining Co.
Secondary: And Scossa Gold Belt Mines Co.


Commodity

Primary: Titanium, Metal
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Scossa District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: John Prater, Robert Chandler And Associates Of Lovelock, Nv
Years: 1963 -


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: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Rutile


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CENTRAL AREA OF CLAIMS.

Comment (Development): 16 PLACER CLAIMS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Comment (Deposit): ASSAYS OF MORE THAN 20 SAMPLES VARIED FROM LESS THAN 1.0% TO 1.6% TIO2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 11, 1931, MAP.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 297, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF AREA.

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.