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Blue Ribbon Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045445
MRDS ID M233188
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21845, 38.47603 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. N OF MINA; 4 MI. E OF LUNING, NEV.

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 007N 034E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AT LOWER EXPOSURE OF INTRUSIVE SHOW 1.70% CU TO 27% IN CARBONATE ZONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21845, 38.47603
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY THAT STRIKES 4W AND DIPS 15S. LOWER EXPOSURE OF THE INTRUSIVE IS 400 FT. WIDE. VOLCANIC TUFF OVERLIES THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE INTRUSION. QUARTZ ANDESITE IS PRESENT LOCALLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garfield District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds, J. M.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS, PITS, ADITS, AND CUTS ALONG WITH SHALLOW DRILLING

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS CALLED THE BLUE JACKET #1 & #2, AND THE COPPER JOHN. THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND WORKED FOR SCHEELITE. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WERE LATER MADE TO INCLUDE THE COPPER MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, H. M., MARCH 1969, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BLUE RIBBON MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN TACTITE IN LIMESTONE. THE LOWER EXPOSURE OF THE INTRUSIVE IS MINERALIZED WITH COPPER IN FORM OF OXIDES AS WELL AS MINOR AMOUNT OF PYRITE. GRADE OF CU INCREASES IN CARBONATE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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