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