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Royal Blue Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104035
MRDS ID M233630
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Blue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52537, 38.32437 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs SE(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 040E 05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DARK SKY BLUE TO PALE LIGHT BLUE-THE BEST TURQUOISE IS VERY FINE; EQUAL TO ANY AMERICAN TURQUOISE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, SEAMS, LENSES, NODULES
    Thickness 0.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA STAINED WITH MALACHITE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. BEST, DARK TURQUOISE IS FOUND IN LIMONITE-STAINED ROCK, AND PALE-BLUE, SOFTER TURQUOISE IS FOUND IN LIGHT-COLORED SOFTER PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer 2 Prospectors Named Workman And Davis.

Mining district

District name Royston District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Estate Of Lee Hand
    First year 1968

Comments on the production information

  • FOR A TIME, THE PRODUCED 1250LB TURQUOISE PER MONTH, OR MORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 138.68M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TUNNELS, 3 SHAFTS, 3 OPEN PITS, SOME SMALLER PITS

Comments on development

  • MAIN TURQUOISE PRODUCER IN THE ROYSTON DISTRICT: WORKMAN AND DAVIS SOLD MINE TO WILLIAM PETRY FOR $3000, WHO DEVELOPED THE MINE, ASSURED ITS PRODUCTION AND SOLD IN 1907 TO THE HIMALAYA MINING CO., OWNED BY JULIUS TANNENBAUM OF L.A. AND N.Y-MINED WAS SYSTEMATICALLY WORKED, 1908-1909. 1911-MINE WAS SOLD BACK TO PETRY. PETRY AND W.I. MILLER MINED IT FOR AWHILE, THEN LEASED IT TO LEEHAND AND BERT KOPENHAVER, WHO WORKED THE MINE DUMPS, THEN BOUGHT THE MINE. OWNERSHIP CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES IN 1930'S & 40'S WITH INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBMG REPORT 17, P. 26-27

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.; NBMG BULL (IN PRESS.)

  • Deposit

    MURPHY, J.B., 1964, IN NBMG BULL. 65, P. 203-205

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, P. 27; MURPHY, P. 204.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. 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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