| Lat / long: | 40.35019, -116.69176 |
| Primary: | Gemstone |
| Ore: | Turquoise |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1938 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Slaven Formation |
| Host type: | Shale |
| Associated type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Inbricate Thrust Sheet. The Mine Is Just Below The Lander Thrust Plate, Imbricate Thrust Slices And High Angle Basin Range Faults |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification Of Host Rocks Outward From Fault |
| MRDS | M232475 |
| DEP | 10044857 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, RETERENCE NO. 3201500376}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. REPT. 17.}{Deposit:: WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLGOIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA LANDER CO. NEV., USGS MAP MF 647}{Production:: MORRISSEY, 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.} |
| Reporter | Kirkham, Richard A. |