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Blue Ribbon

Prospect in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295323
MAS/MILS ID 0320210006
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon
Alternate or previous names Blue Jacket, Blue Diamond

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.21565, 38.47602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 034 E 08 NWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.21565, 38.47602
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edgemont

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 216, 1949, P. 8-9

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 58, 1961, P. 84, TB 6.6, PT 1, 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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