Mine detail: Boitano Turquiose

Previously called 'Lone Pine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.16602, -116.64676

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND, NODULES
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Wen Ban Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Roberts Mountain Thrust: Deposit In Windo
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Limestone

References

MRDS	M232240
DEP	10044678
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., NEV., USBM K. 2022}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B. OF M. BULL 88}{Production:: BANDERBURG, W.O., 1938.}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A., Boyce, E. G.