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Blue Horse Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098598
MRDS ID M231973
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Horse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.487, 37.86773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1.1 MILES SW OF NIXON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kawich Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 049E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.487, 37.86773
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 NE
    Length 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverbow District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Namara, Ellen
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT ADIT, A 100 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 163

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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