| Deposit ID | 10044678 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232240 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boitano Turquiose |
| Alternate or previous names | Lone Pine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.64676, 40.16602 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cortez Canyon(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 027N | 047E | 35 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Turquoise | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wen Ban Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Wen Ban Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.64676, 40.16602 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Roberts Mountain Thrust: Deposit In Windo |
| General form | STRATABOUND, NODULES |
|---|---|
| Strike | S40E |
| Dip | 20SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | J.A. Boitano |
| Year of first production | 1930 |
| District name | Cortez District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232240 |
ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64
VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., NEV., USBM K. 2022
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B. OF M. BULL 88
BANDERBURG, W.O., 1938.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED BY J.A. BOITANO IN 1929 THE PROSPECT IS IN CORTEZ CANYON SEVERAL MILES FROM THE CORTEZ TOWNSITE. IN 1930 & 31 THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND 600 LBS OF CAUDE TURQOISE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | TURQUOISE OCCURS AS SMALL NODULES AND SEAMS IN THIN-BEDDED LIMESTONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | LAT-LONG CALCULATED BY T/R/S TO LAT-LONG CONVERSION PROGRAM |
| Editor | 01-JAN-1994 | Boyce, E. G. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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