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Carr-Lovejoy Mine

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095746
MRDS ID M241864
Record type Site
Current site name Carr-Lovejoy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69121, 38.11854 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Utm To Near Center Of Sec 15 Where Mine Is Supposed To Be

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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
003N 038E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 9 MILES NE OF BLAIR JUNCTION; EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE BLUE COLOR; EXCEPTIONALLY HARD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69121, 38.11854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, VEINLETS
    Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 7-8.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE FOUND IN SMALL PORPHYRY DIKES IN SMALL VEINLETS AND SEAMS WITH BOTRYOIDAL, LUMPY SURFACES. TENDS TO OCCUR AS STREAKS OF LENTICULAR OR NODULAR MASSES.

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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