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Unnamed Turquoise

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Semiprecious 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045894
MRDS ID M233770
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Turquoise

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2465, 39.63741 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vigus Butte NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 021N 042E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2465, 39.63741
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Localized Faulting & Folding

Ore body information

  • Dip S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THINLY BEDDED ( 2IN) SHALY FOSSILIFEROUS (?) LIMESTONE, SILICA IN FILLING ALONG BEDDING PLANE, SHALEY LAYERS OF LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM TO PHYLLITE BEDS. BEDS TREND DUE WEST DIP 35 S INTERBEDDED WITH MUD-SILTSTONE WITH TURQUOISE COATING BEDDING PLANES. FEOX-MN STAINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ravenswood

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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