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Marguerite Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046646
MRDS ID M241838
Record type Site
Current site name Marguerite Mine
Alternate or previous names Star Mine, Copper Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55371, 38.24465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 AIRMILES S 80 E FROM CROW SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crow Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 039E 35 E2 OF E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "UNFADING, UNIFORM, BLUE COLOR" OF TURQUOISE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.55371, 38.24465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES, "SLABS"

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer Ted Johnson Of Fernley, Nv.

Mining district

District name Crow Springs (Royston) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Hand (Now Deceased) Of Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TO 1968 PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED $10,000 TO $12,000 WORTH OF TURQUOISE

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. MOST TURQUOISE APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM A GLORY HOLE ABOUT 40 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • TED JOHNSON OWNED THE MINE FOR SOME TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P.

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, P. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES OR SLABS OF TURQUOISE IN ARGILLICALLY ALTERED, E-TRENDING SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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