Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer
Blue Matrix
Lander County, Nevada, United States
Gemstone
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Commodities
Primary
Gemstone
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
L
Orebody form
TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fractures And Bedding Planes In Chert
Materials
Ore minerals
Turquoise
Geology
Host rock
Chert · Slaven Chert
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite,Sandstone · Elder Sandstone
Structure
Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, Imbricate Thrusts, High Angle Faults, Capping Elder Sandstone
Alteration
Quartz Monzonite Is Argillically Altered
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1939
Identification
Deposit ID
10103994
MRDS ID
M232482
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
40.36408, -116.71232
References
MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968