The Blue Quartz Mine is a gold, barium-barite, and copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper
Lat, Long: 35.92222, -114.95306
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Blue Quartz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Quartz Mine
Secondary: Oro Hondo Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Alunite (Railroad Pass)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND ADITS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WORKING FOLLOW SHEAR ZONE ADJACENT TO FAULT ZONE. ANDESITE IS CUT BY VEINLETS AND STRINGERS OF BARITE AND QUARTZ, BEARING SOLFIDES. ANDESITE IS INCORPERATED IN QUARTZ BRECCIA.
Comment (Geology): COCKSCOMB QUARTZ FILLS FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 NOV 82
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
