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Blue Matrix

Past Producer in Lander 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103994
MRDS ID M232482
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Matrix

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71232, 40.36408 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF TENABO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 047E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Monzonite Is Argillically Altered

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Elder Sandstone
    Rock description Elder Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert
    Rock description Slaven Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71232, 40.36408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Imbricate Thrusts, High Angle Faults, Capping Elder Sandstone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Bedding Planes In Chert

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN ALTERRED QUARTZ MONZONITE SILL INTRUDES DARK CHERTY BEDS WHICH STRIKE N60 E DIPPING 30 S. TURQUOISE FORMS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES & FILLING FRACTURES IN CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Bullion

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS LOCATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE FORMS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FILLS FRAFTURES INCHERT
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1939 AND FOUR FLAIMS WERE LOCATED. DEVELOPEMENT IS LIMITED TO SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND A CAVED ADIT. UNIQUE WAS THE OCCURRENCE OF BOULDERS LYING ON THE SURFACE REVEALED HIGH-GRADE TURQUOISE SEAMS WHEN BROKEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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