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Lone Mountain Mine

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046831
MRDS ID M242046
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Mine, Blue Jay Mining Lode, Blue Jay No. 1-4 Claims, Valley View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4162, 37.94272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 0.7 AIRMILE DUE SOUTH OF THE GENERAL THOMAS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 001N 041E 18 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE EAST OF PAYMASTER CANYON. (MURPHY, NBMG BULL 65, P.206) PLACES THE MINE ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF LONE MTN., SEC 11?, T2N, R40E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLORS RANGE FROM PALE TO DARK SOLID BLUE, WITHOUT GREEN TINTS; HARD (UP TO 7.0); ALSO SPIDER-WEB TURQUOISE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Palmetto (Calcargous Shale Member)
    Rock description Palmetto (Calcargous Shale Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4162, 37.94272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Folding And Faulting Of Shale

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES
    Strike N20-45E
    Dip 40-50NW
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Multiple Shear Zone, Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Lee Hand

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District (West Divide)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilson, "Doc" M. C. Winfield ; Gene Waddell
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Winfield, M. C.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Waddell, Gene
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Winfield, M. C.
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Waddell, Gene
    First year 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 DEGREES INCLINED SHAFT 250 FT DEEP, WITH 5 LEVELS 40 FT APART; GALLOWS FRAME HOIST, SKIP COMPRESSOR, JACKHAMMERS AND STOPERS. ORIGINAL TRENCHES AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR COPPER. HAND HIRED 2 MINERS (JACK MONTGOMERY & AL STEVENS) TO MINE IN 1920'S; IN 1927 HE LEASED THE PROPERTY TO BERT KOPENHAVER, WHO SANK A SHAFT ON THE VEIN. IN 1928, HAND SOLD A HALF INTEREST TO "DOC" WILSON AND THE SHAFT WAS DEEPENED TO 85 FT. IN 1935 HAND SOLD HIS REMAINING HALF INTEREST TO WILSON. STONES WERE SHIPPED TO SANGABRIEL WHERE THEY WERE CUT. THE LARGEST NUGGET FROM THE MINE WAS 4 IN BY 3 IN BY 0.75 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 8-9

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOL. AND MINE, DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV. NBMG. BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1978.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST TURQUOISE IS WITHIN 40-FT WIDE ZONE OF NUMEROUS SHEARS, ASSOCIATED WITH MINOR ARGILLIZATION AND SILICIFICATION.

Reporter information

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

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