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Blue Bell Prospect

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046664
MRDS ID M241858
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Prospect
Alternate or previous names Variscite Claims of Carl Riek and W.K. Botts
Related records 10149131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88149, 38.09799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position ABOUT 4.7 AIR MILES N 05 E FROM COALDALE JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaldale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 003N 037E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF MONTE CRISTO RANGE - CLOSEST RELATED DISTRICT IS GILBERT DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY HARD WITH DEEP SKY-BLUE COLOR. SPECIMENS WITH MATRIX HAVE DELICATE BROWN COBWEB MARKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88149, 38.09799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, SEAMS AND SMALL NODULES
    Thickness 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gilbert(?) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Riek And W. K. Botts

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW PITS AND SURFACE DIGGINGS

Comments on development

  • WAS AN UNDEVELOPED OCCURRENCE OF TURQUOISE ON THE VARISCITE CLAIMS OF CARL RIEK AND W.K. BUTTS PROSPECT WAS REPORTEDLY COVERED BY A FLASH FLOOD A FEW YEARS BEFORE 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, N.B.M. REPORT 17, P. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS, SEAMS AND SMALL NODULES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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