Mine detail: Blue Gem Turquoise Mine

Previously called 'Pedro ClaimTurquoise TunnelContention'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61351, -117.03955

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Gangue:	Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault, Shear Zone Trending N35w And N25e; Pebble Dikes
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M231302
DEP	10043989
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY, F., 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 17.}{Production:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd