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Livesly 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046832
MRDS ID M242047
Record type Site
Current site name Livesly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43564, 37.81966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1612
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To Shaft In Area Of Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Ridge(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 001S 040E T &R,SEC 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON E. SIDE OF PAYMASTER RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE TURQUOISE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43564, 37.81966
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shale Strikes N50e, Dip 45n

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 60N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Of Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND LOWER ADIT CONNECTED BY AN INCLINED WINZE

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF TURQUOISE PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPT. 17, P.9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE FORMS SEAMS AND NODULES, MAINLY IN CLAY GOUGE ALONG SHEARS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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