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Royston #1

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047196
MRDS ID M242457
Record type Site
Current site name Royston #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52704, 38.31771 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SOUTH OF ROYAL BLUE TURQUOISE MINE

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 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY MAY BE PARTIALLY IN NYE COUNTY AS WELL AS ESMERALDA. ACCESSIB DIRT ROAD UP BIG SMOKY VALLEY. MAY BE PARTIALLY IN NYE COUNTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Springs (Royston) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS AND 3 ADITS WITH NUMEROUS ADITS IN ADJACENT AREA AND ACROSS DRY WASH.

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED 1977, 2 SHAFTS AND 3 ADITS. MAIN MINE LOCATED 2/3 WAY UPDRY WASH ON BOTH FLANKS OF BIG SMOKY VALLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO BE ABANDONED IN UNDERGROUND MINES- NEVADA; "USDI-USBM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, INC., CONTRACT #J0295039.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS VEINLETS IN QUARTZITE NEAR CONTACT OF GRANITIC INTRU-SIVE, OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITIC ASH FLOW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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