Blue Nugget Prospect

Unknown in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222697
MAS/MILS ID 0320150371
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Nugget Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.68423, 40.34411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 029 N 047 E 33 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.68423, 40.34411

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES RPT.17, 1968,P.15

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE COMMODITY IS TURQUOISE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.