Corral Canyon, Corral Canyon Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Corral Canyon | Prospect |
| Corral Canyon Mining District | Mining District |
| Churchill County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 55' 59'' North , 117° 52' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Dixie Valley.
Structure: Range Front Fault Faults Offset Ore Bodies.
Alteration: Severe; in places sphene Is altered to anatase by Reaction: Sphene +CO2 To TiO2 + Calcite + Quartz.
Commodity: Where abundant the anatase (octahedrite) forms sharply outlined lozenge-shaped masses up to 2 inches long, formed by replacement of earlier sphene.
Deposit: Mineralized area covers about half a square mile. Gold associated with pyrite and minor sphalerite, occurs in elongated lenticular quartz bodies along the margins of dikes. Gold mining was carried on along edges of dikes in late 1920s and early 1930ss. Sporadic prospecting and development work following this period revealed the titaniferous dikes or sills. The TiO2 content of albitic dikes and/or other bodies varied from less than 1 to more than 40%, with the average content of TiO2 in all albitic rocks equalling 0.75%. A few grab samples of the albitic masses ranged from 2.0 to 3.5% TiO2; info.src : 1 pub lit discovery year: 1920s.
Development: Gold mining flourished sporadically in Corral Canyon in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Following this period, sporadic prospecting and development exposed many titaniferous dikes or sills with anomalous concentrations of anatase.
Geology: Titaniferous dikes are fine-grained, altered, composed of albite, calcite, sericite, quartz and iron oxides; geol.desc: igneous-anorthosite-norite.
Rock formation(s): Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
Leach Formation
Ore(s): Diorite Dikes; emplacement probably controlled by shear zones in the diorite.
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8 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Anatase Formula: TiO2 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10068488 |
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Corral Canyon, Corral Canyon Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA