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New Blue

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044869
MRDS ID M232488
Record type Site
Current site name New Blue
Alternate or previous names Blue Gem

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68954, 40.36491 (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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 047E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intrusive Sill Is Highly Argillized And Opalized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.68954, 40.36491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Channelways: Contacts, Faults, Fractures, Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • TURQUOISE ASSOCIATED WITH SAME INTRUSIVE SILL AS AT COLOR BACK MINE. MOST OF THE TURQUOISE IS WITHIN THE SILL, WHICH IS MORE ALTERED. THE TURQUOISE WAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN CLEAR BLUE SLABS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. REPT 17

  • Deposit

    WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLGOIC MAP OF THE TENOBO AREA, LANDER CO. NEV. USGS MAP MF-647

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; TURQUOISE ASSOCIATED WITH SILL.
Deposit SITUATED JUST NORTH OF THE COLOR BACK, THE PROPERTY COMPRISES FOUR CLAIMS: NEW BLUE, BIG BLUE, WEC NUGGET, AND MISSING LINK. ; 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
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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