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Blue Jay Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149628
MAS/MILS ID 0320090227
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -117.42262, 37.93884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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
Humboldt 001 N 041 E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -117.42262, 37.93884
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEMSTONE IS TURQUOISE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Gene Waddell, Tempe, Ar.
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    M.S.H.A. ID. NO.2600759

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING CLAIM RECORDS, 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. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-95 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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