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Unnamed Turquoise Prospect

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046070
MRDS ID M233987
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Turquoise Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9176, 39.56659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Relative position 1 1/2 MI WEST OF LAKE RANCH, 1 1/2 MI S VIGIN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barton Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 045E 20 NE4 OF SE4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides (Probably Leached Fm Pyrite)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9176, 39.56659
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust Austin Pluton.

Comments on the geologic information

  • APPEARS TO BE SHEAR ZONE FROM ROBERTS MTN THRUST E. G. CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN VALMY FM (ORD) AND SLAVEN CHERT (DEV.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE OPEN ADIT, DRILL PADS, NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. THIS IS THE SOUTHERN MOST OF WORKINGS EXTENDING 2 MI NORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY & MINERIALS DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NV, 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Smith, Peggy L. (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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