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Blue Ridge Mine

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Semiprecious 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125196
MAS/MILS ID 0320150777
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Ridge No. 1-9 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.71013, 40.27911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 028 N 047 E 19 SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.71013, 40.27911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jay Wintle, Beowawe, Nv
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAY WINTLE, AUGUST 1995.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1995 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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