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Blue Jacket Claims

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037440
MRDS ID M035217
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22067, 38.48159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position NW BLACK DYKE MTN., 2.5 MI. SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI. NW OF BLUE RIBBON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINALLY A COPPER PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22067, 38.48159
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AS MANY AS 6 TACTITE LAYERS, EACH 1 FOOT THICK, OVER A WIDTH OF 50 FT. IN LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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