Mine detail: Lone Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Blue Jay No. 1-4 Claims, Valley ViewBlue Jay MineBlue Jay Mining Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.94272, -117.4162

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	NODULES
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Palmetto (Calcargous Shale Member)
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Complex Folding And Faulting Of Shale
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Silicification.

References

MRDS	M242046
DEP	10046831
Reference	{Deposit:: MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 8-9}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOL. AND MINE, DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV. NBMG. BULL 78.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1978.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)