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Edgar Turquoise Mine

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047588
MRDS ID M242972
Record type Site
Current site name Edgar Turquoise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05398, 40.91602 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES OF TV REPEATER STATION ON TOP OF SWALES MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swales Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 35N 53E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1576: FE 10%, MG .1%, CA 1%, TI .05%, MN 200PPM, AG 70PPM, AS 1000PPM, AU N, B N, BA 2000PPM, BE 3PPM, BI 1000PPM, CD N, CO 50PPM CR 50PPM, CU G20000PPM, LA G1000PPM, MO 150PPM, NB N, NI 300PPM, PB 70PPM, SB N, SC 5PPM, SN 70PPM, SR L, V 700PPM, W N, Y 70PPM, ZN 1000PPM, ZR 10PPM, TH N.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Vinini Formation
    Rock description Vinini Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.05398, 40.91602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Robert Mountain Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Igneous Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDED CHERTS OF THE ORDOVICIAN VININI FM. ARE IN CONTACT WITH A STOCK OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK. THE CHERT CONTAINS THIN FISSURES OF TURQUOISE. ROCK ASSAYS FROM THE CLAIMS INDICATE GOLD MINERALIZATION ALSO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swales Mountain District

Comments on development

  • PROPERERYT NOT EXAMINED, BUT IN AUG, 1973, TWO MEN WERE WORKING THE DEPOSIT WITH BULLDOZERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM REPORT, NE 9-4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-73 Bentz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-89 Taylor, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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