Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10103994 |
| MRDS ID |
M232482 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Blue Matrix |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-116.71232, 40.36408 (WGS84)
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| Relative position |
FOUR MILES 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 |
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|
Nevada |
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gemstone |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Turquoise |
Ore |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Quartz Monzonite Is Argillically Altered
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name |
Elder Sandstone |
| Rock description |
Elder Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Devonian |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Devonian |
|
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Sandstone |
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Chemical Sediment
> Chert |
| Rock unit name |
Slaven Chert |
| Rock description |
Slaven Chert |
Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust |
|
| Local |
Imbricate Thrusts, High Angle Faults, Capping Elder Sandstone |
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Ore body information
| General form |
TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
Controls for ore emplacement
- Fractures And Bedding Planes In Chert
Comments on the geologic information
- AN ALTERRED QUARTZ MONZONITE SILL INTRUDES DARK CHERTY BEDS WHICH STRIKE N60 E DIPPING 30 S. TURQUOISE FORMS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES & FILLING FRACTURES IN CHERT
