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Royal Blue Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046647
MRDS ID M241840
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Blue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5251, 38.32382 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Site Covers Approximately 3 Square Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs SE(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 040E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, NORTH OF ROYSTON #1 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLOR RANGES FROM DARK SKY BLUE TO PALE BLUE AND WAS GENERALLY OF HIGH QUALITY, ALTHOUGH SOME HAD A GREENISH CAST. DARK TO YELLOW LIMONITE PRESENT IN THE MATRIX.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Trachyte; Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Crow Springs (Royston) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Royal Blue Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Petry, William

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHORT ADITS; 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, WORKING EXTENSION, COVER MORE THAN 3 SQUARE MILES

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED MORE THAN $5 MILLION OF TURQUOISE PRIOR TO 1915, AND IT WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE 1930'S AND 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. REPORT 17.

  • Deposit

    MURPHY, J.B., 1964, GEMS AND GEM MATERIALS IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 65.

  • Deposit

    HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENING TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES - NV", USDI-BM, REPORT PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, INC, CONTRACT #J0295039.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVAKA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV, P. 62-63.

  • Production

    MURPHY, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE OCCURS AS VEINLETS, SEAMS, AND OCCASIONAL NODULES IN FRACTURE ZONES IN ALTERED TRACHYTE AND PORPHYRY
Deposit CURRENTLY INACTIVE, CARETAKER LESS THAN FRIENDLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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