Blue Nugget

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044864
MRDS ID M232483
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Nugget

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69482, 40.34213 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TENABO
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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 029N 047E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69482, 40.34213

Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Local Imbricate Thrusts And High Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothemal Chammelways: Faults Breccia, Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECT CONSISTS OF TWO SHALLOW PITS IN THINLY BEDDED BLACK CHERT AND THAT STRIKE EASTERLY AND DIP 45 N. TURQUOISE IS CONTAINED IN A LIMONITIC BRECCIA ZONE ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232483

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., NEV. BULL 88, N.B.M.

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 82, REFERENCE NO. 32010500371

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TRUQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. RENORT 17.

  • Deposit

    WRUCKECITI (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO. NEV. USGS MAP MF-647

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE IN LIMONITIC BRECCIA ZONE IN FAULT.
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF INDIAN CREEK CANYON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology