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Blue Metal Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037707
MRDS ID M035884
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Metal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blue Danube Mine, NBMG Sample Site # 4429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.37599, 38.98852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 12 MI. WEST OF YERINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Nut Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 023E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCUR AS AGGREGATES, UP TO 2 - 3 FT. OF MINUTE, POORLY FORMED CRYSTALS. THE HIGHEST GRADE MATERIAL FROM THE OUTCROP CONTAINED 18 - 23 PERCENT, BY WEIGHT, ANDALUSITE AND CORUNDUM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Corundum Ore
Rutile Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.37599, 38.98852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED BODIES
    Strike N 25 E - N30E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Confined To Sericitized Zones Which Occur Along Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED IN WEAKLY METAMORPHOSED MESOZOIC ANDESITE INTRUDED BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. TEST OF THE OUTCROP MATERIAL WAS VERY PROMISING BUT A TEST FROM A 70 FT. SHAFT BENEATH THE OUTCROP PROVED THE MATERIAL DID NOT CARRY TO DEPTH (FOR DETAILED ACCOUNT REFER TO MOORE, 1969).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckskin

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT & SHAFT DRIVEN 70 FT. VERTICALLY BELOW OUTCROP

Comments on development

  • BUREAU OF MINES DID SOME EXPLORATORY AND LABORATORY WORK ON THE DEPOSIT IN 1945-46, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMS BY CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4429 VISIT, JULY 12, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CORUNDUM-ANDALUSITE BODIES ARE CONFINED TO A ZONE MEASURING 50-75 FEET ON THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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