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Bluelight Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037446
MRDS ID M035240
Record type Site
Current site name Bluelight Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29317, 38.45103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2262
Relative position SO. GARFIELD HILLS, 1 MI. SE OF MABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI. EAST OF GARFIELD MINE; UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.29317, 38.45103
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035259

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garfield

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO ROSS, DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH GARFIELD MINE
Deposit GEOGRAPHICALLY 1 MILE EAST OF GARFIELD MINE SITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.