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Blue Eagle

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044862
MRDS ID M232480
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle
Alternate or previous names Blue Sky, Campsite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6876, 40.36435 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 047E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Elder Sandstone
    Rock description Elder Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Slaven Formation
    Rock description Slaven Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6876, 40.36435
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Sheets.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Imbricate Thrusts, High Angle Faults, Capping Elder Sandstone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Bedding Planes In Chert

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE INTRUDES DARK, THINLY BEDDED CHERT, THE DIKE IS UP TO 300 FEET WIDE AND STRIKES N20 W DIPPING 80 NE. TURQUOISE OCCURS AS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURES IN THE CHERT ADJACENT TO THE DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $600,000 WORTH OF TURQUOISE MINED IN 1940'S

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 5 GLORY HOLES AND A LARGE TRENCH.

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS LOCATED. 5 GLORY HOLES, LARGE TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURES IN CHERT ADJACENT TO THE DIKE.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1939 AND THREE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED. DEVELOPEMENT INCLUDES FIVE GLORY HOLES AND A LARGE TRENCH. OVER $600,000 WORTH OF TURQUOISE (MOSTLY CLEAR-BLUE SLAB VARIETY) WAS PRODUCED FROM THE MINE IN THE 1940'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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