Lat / long: | 40.36408, -116.68899 |
Primary: | Gemstone |
Ore: | Turquoise |
Orebody form: | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
Discovery year: | 1939 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Medium |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host rock: | Slaven Chert |
Host type: | Chert |
Associated type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, Imbricate Thrusts And High Angle Faults |
Alteration processes: | Intrusive Sill Is Argillized And Opalized |
MRDS | M232484 |
DEP | 10044865 |
Reference | {Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, REFERENCE NO. 3201500377}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N. B. M. REPT 17}{Deposit:: WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO., NEV., USGS MAP MF-647}{Production:: MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968} |
Reporter | Kirkham, Richard A. |