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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046728
MRDS ID M241931
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Black Matrix Mine
Alternate or previous names Owa Claim, Smith Turquoise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18285, 37.90772 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 043E 29 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF A SMALL DARK HILL (T & R DO NOT AGREE WELL WITH LOCATION DESCRIPTION) LINCOLN-1/2 MILE S, OF KLONDYKE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ATTRACTIVE PATTERNS OF BLUE TURQUOISE WITH BLACK CHERT, LIMONITE, AND GRAY QUARTZ. TURQUOISE RANGES FROM PURE BLUE AND LIGHT BLUE TO GREENISH BLUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18285, 37.90772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M
  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Klondyke District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner California Gem Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS

Comments on development

  • A QUANTITY OF BLACK-MATRIX TURQUOISE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE MINE IN 1909-1910 BY THE CALIFORNIA GEM CO. THE MINE WAS ABANDONED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND HAS BEEN RENEWED ONLY SPORADICALLY SINCE THEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPT. 17, P. 9

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUBL. CO.

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., UNR MINES THESIS 351

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE FORMS VEINLETS, SEAMS AND BRECCIA FILLINGS IN LIMONITE-STAINED CHERTY LIMESTONE AND SLATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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