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Boitano Turquiose

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044678
MRDS ID M232240
Record type Site
Current site name Boitano Turquiose
Alternate or previous names Lone Pine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64676, 40.16602 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 047E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wen Ban Limestone
    Rock description Wen Ban Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64676, 40.16602
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust: Deposit In Windo

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, NODULES
    Strike S40E
    Dip 20SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • TURQUOISE OCCURS AS NOBULES AND SEAMS IN THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE STRIKING 540 E, DIPPING 20 SW

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer J.A. Boitano
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • IN 1930 & 1931, THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND 600 LBS. OF CRUDETURQUOISE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232240

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED BY J.A. BOITANO IN 1929 THE PROSPECT IS IN CORTEZ CANYON SEVERAL MILES FROM THE CORTEZ TOWNSITE. IN 1930 & 31 THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND 600 LBS OF CAUDE TURQOISE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TURQUOISE OCCURS AS SMALL NODULES AND SEAMS IN THIN-BEDDED LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology LAT-LONG CALCULATED BY T/R/S TO LAT-LONG CONVERSION PROGRAM
Editor 01-JAN-1994 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey