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Super X Mine

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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044873
MRDS ID M232492
Record type Site
Current site name Super X Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69371, 40.34769 (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 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69371, 40.34769
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Cut By Numerous Imbricate Thrust Slices

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Channelways: Faults, Contacts, Breccia, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK FOR THE DEPOSIT IS STRONGLY FOLDED AND FAULTED CHERT THAT STRIKES EASTERLY. TURQUOISE OCCURS IN A BRECCIA AND GOUGE ZONE, WHERE IT FORMS NODULES IN THE GOUGE, AND VEINLETS IN THE GOUGE & BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Bullion

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • HIGHEST GRADE TURQUOISE FOUND IN THE U.S. OVER $200,00 WORTH PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 82, REFERENCE NO. 3201500373

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; SPIDER WEB TURQUOISE IN HANGING WALL
Deposit THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1941. A 40 FOOT SHAFT ENCOUNTERED SPIDER WEB TURQUOISE IN THE HANGING WALL. THE TURQUOISE WAS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE FOUND IN AMERICA. THE MINE PRODUCED MORE THAN $200,000 WORTH OF HIGH GRADE TURQUOISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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