Violet Blue

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125079
MAS/MILS ID 0320230044
Record type Site
Current site name Violet Blue

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.03202, 38.70073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
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

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 010 N 044 E 27 NESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.03202, 38.70073

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 65, 1963, P. 159.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMOIR 15, 1946, P. 180.

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN, GEOLOGIC & MINERAL SERIES,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, 1951, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725, 1921, PP. 384, 388-390.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 22

  • Deposit

    AND 179.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 88,

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 149.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT 86-14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE LOW RISK FILE FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION (0320231108). A SMALL AMOUNT OF HUBNERITE WAS RECOVERED BY DRY WASHING (PLACER) TECHNIQUES BY MR. STEVENSON AND MR. SCHUPPY IN 1915.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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