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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103974
MRDS ID M232033
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Blue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52149, 38.31771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position IN THE ROYSTON HILLS

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52149, 38.31771
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Himalaya Mining Co.
    First year 1907

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED $5,000,000 WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1915. THE MINE ALSO PRODUCED IN 1930'S AND 1940'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE SHORT ADITS, THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURPHY, J.B., 1964, GEMS AND GEM MATERIALS IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 65, P. 206.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 62-63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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