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Blue Quartz Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047011
MRDS ID M242251
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Quartz Mine
Alternate or previous names Oro Hondo Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95389, 35.92222 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 23S 63E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.95389, 35.92222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W-N20E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COCKSCOMB QUARTZ FILLS FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alunite (Railroad Pass)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 NOV 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING FOLLOW SHEAR ZONE ADJACENT TO FAULT ZONE. ANDESITE IS CUT BY VEINLETS AND STRINGERS OF BARITE AND QUARTZ, BEARING SOLFIDES. ANDESITE IS INCORPERATED IN QUARTZ BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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