Mine detail: Corral Canyon Titanium

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Location

Lat / long:

39.93323, -117.86763

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zinc
Ore:	Anatase, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Albite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1927
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Leach Formation
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Range Front Fault, Faults Offset Ore Bodies.
Alteration processes:	Severe; In Places Sphene Is Altered To Anatase By Reaction: Sphene+Co2 To Tio2 + Calcite + Quartz

References

MRDS	W001558
DEP	10068488
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NEV; USBM I.C. 7093.}{Deposit:: BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 3.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, NICKEL DEPOSITS IN COTTONWOOD CANYON, CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 33, NO. 3; GEOL & MIN. SER. 32.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R. AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL 83.}{Deposit:: MILS, USBM, 1979}{Deposit:: PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF PART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE: N.B.M. MAP 28.}{Deposit:: HAND, DAVID, 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE CORRAL CANYON AREA, CHURCHILL CO., NEV.: UNPUB. M.S. THESIS, UNR.}{Production:: WILLDEN & SPEED (1974), P. 65}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.