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Blue Gem Area

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014353
MRDS ID D011088
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Gem Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58426, 38.44993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position IN THE ROYSTON HILLS APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TONOPAH OFF NEVADA HIGHWAY 89.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs NE(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 007N}007N 039E}039E 22}27 S (22); N (27) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOP OF THE ROYSTON HILLS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ORIZABA SILVER MINE AND NEAR BLUE GEM TURQOISE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58426, 38.44993
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Royston Hills

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: MG BULL. 105, P. 150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN ZONES IN LIMESTONE CONTAIN SPARSE AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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