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Blue Silver Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046834
MRDS ID M242049
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40898, 37.9605 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MILES NNW OF THE GENERAL THOMAS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(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 041E 05 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST PLANK OF LOW HILLS BORDERING THE EAST SIDE OF PAYMASTER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Turquoise Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Malachite Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Yes Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40898, 37.9605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults N20w N20e Dipping Shallow To Steeply

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES, VEINLETS
    Strike N50E
    Dip 55W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PRIMARILLY DUE TO OXIDIZING SULFIDES IN FAULT ZONES, PRINCIPALLY AS MALACHITE, TENORITE & CERRUSITE, AND OXIDES COATING FAULT GOUGE AND GOSSAN. YELLOW OXIDES COAT ROCKS (36 OXIDE). ORE COATED O CHALCEDONY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES INCLINED SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P.8.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MAY 13/1983

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE REPORTS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS NODULES AND VEINLETS OF TURQUOISE IN ALTERED DIORITE CUT BY LIMONITIC QUARTZ VEINLETS IN FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 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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