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Blue Ribbon Mine East

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098367
MRDS ID M035220
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon Mine East
Alternate or previous names Blue Ribbon Mine, Blue Ribbon Prospect, NBMG Sample Site #3602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21484, 38.47603 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position NW BLACK DYKE MTN., 3 MI. SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E-W STRING OF SHAFTS & PROSPECTS .2 MILES LONG ASSOC. WITH CLAIM NAME

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Limestone Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation (Pamlico)
    Rock description Luning Formation (Pamlico)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21484, 38.47603
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Fault System

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 60 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALC-SILICATE VEINS CARRY COPPER AS MALACHITE, AZURITE AND CHALCOCITE, AND WERE THE TARGET OF A SHALLOW DRILLING PROJECT. TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS MOLYBDENITE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE. TUNGSTEN IS FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE WHILE MOLYBDENUM WAS DEPOSITED DEEPER IN THE SYSTEM. THE CHALCOCITE WAS FOUND AS A BLANKET BELOW THE COPPER OXIDE ZONE. ; GEOL.DESC: COPPER-STAINED AND SILICIFIED ZONE 6 TO 10 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WORKED DURING WWI.

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frm Minerals And Conoco (Jointly Worked The New Boston-Blue Ribbon Prospect)
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. Noble
    Home office Mina, Nev.

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINE OF SHALLOW INCLINES, ADITS AND PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    FROST, H.K., 1984, FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS AEG, RENO 1984.

  • Deposit

    BLUE RIBBON MINE EAST, SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK NBMG #3602 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/16/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED TO BE A DISTAL VEIN TYPE POLYMETALLIC SKARN WITH ONLY MINOR MASSIVE SKARN DEVELOPMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1989 Shawe, D.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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