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Indian Blue Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173701
MRDS ID M231719
MAS/MILS ID 0320230649
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Blue Mine
Related records 10044321

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.78262, 39.13802 (WGS84)
Elevation 8120
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petes Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 046 E 15 SESENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 17, 1968, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 931, 1976,

  • Deposit

    P. 46-47.

  • Deposit

    LABELED ON PETES SUMMIT, NV 7.5 MIN. TOPO MAP.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHEMPLE AND ZIONY, 1984, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 29-31.

  • Deposit

    UNPULBISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIDEHILL OPEN PIT WITH SHORT DECLINED "GOPHER-TYPE" ADITS AT PIT BASE WALLS. GEMSTONE COMMODITY IS TURQUOISE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-94 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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