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Copper Blue Mine

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045686
MRDS ID M233477
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Blue Mine
Related records 10295197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89813, 38.53187 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SSW FROM BELMONT AND, 200m. Utm Is To Pit On Small Hill In General Area Of The Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 22 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE WEST OF RUINS OF MONARCH RANCH (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89813, 38.53187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 75E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PIT AND TRENCH ON TOP OF A SMALL HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPT 17, P. 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONES ARE RECEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE MINERALS, BUT LOCALLY ARE ARGILLIZED AND DEVOID OF IRON OXIDE MINERALS. SOFT TURQUOISE OCCURS WITHIN THE ARGILLIZED ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 La Pointe, D. D. 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

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