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Blue Gem No. 1

Producer in Mineral 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037567
MRDS ID M035531
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Gem No. 1
Alternate or previous names Basalt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.299, 38.05326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3.2 MI. NW OF BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basalt(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI. SW OF BLUE JAY GEM MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.299, 38.05326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES AND VEINLETS
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 57 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Lee Hand

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F. R., 1968 , TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 17 , P 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL TO BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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