The Sand Creek Occurrence is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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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
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.
