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Indian Blue

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044321
MRDS ID M231719
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Blue
Related records 10173701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78286, 39.13659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF TRAIL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petes Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015N 046E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE T AND R PROJECTED FROM THE NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TURQUOISE IS HIGH-QUALITY, VERY BLUE HARD TURQUOISE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Vinini
    Rock description Vinini
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Faults Of Small Displacement Cut The Turquoise-Bearing Zone; One N75e,60nw,And One N-S,40 W. With 12-In Gouge Zn

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 30NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer George Schmidtlein

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO $10,000 WORTH OF TURQUOISE HAD BEEN PRODUCED TO 1976.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS IN 1976 CONSISTED OF A PIT A FEW METERS ACROSS AND ABOUT 6 METERS DEEP WITH DEEPER WORKINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT AS HOLES AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, EH, 1972, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE WILDCAT PEAK QUAD AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE DIANAS PUNCH BOWL QUAD.: USGS MAP MF-337

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 931, P. 46-47.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 17, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE OCCURS AS SMALL BOTRYOIDAL NUGGETS COATED WITH WHITE CARBONATE MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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