Mine detail: Blue Gem Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.4416, -117.57482

Resource(N)

Primary: Gemstone
Ore: Turquoise
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Mudstone,Siltstone
Associated type:Rhyolite,Granite

References

MRDSM231747
DEP10044346
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 45-46.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Production:: MORRISSEY, 1968, P.25-26}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)