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Miss Moffet 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046880
MRDS ID M242105
Record type Site
Current site name Miss Moffet Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Boy Blue, Persian Blue, Los Angeles Gem Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0065, 38.12687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4.5 AIRMILES S E OF CANDELARIA, To Shaft In Vicinity Of Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 036E 07 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD QUALITY TURQUOISE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization; Silicification; Argillzation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0065, 38.12687
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 50S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Following Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS, PITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS WERE INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 65, P. 204-205

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE OCCURS IN NARROW ZONES OF STRONGEST ARGILLIZATION. MINOR ZONES OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA OCCUR IN THE 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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