The Hunter Ranch Ilmenite Claims is a mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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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
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.
