The Blue Metal Prospect is a aluminum mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.98861, -119.37500
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Blue Metal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Metal Prospect
Secondary: Blue Danube Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 4429
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Buckskin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SCATTERED BODIES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Andalusite
Ore: Corundum
Gangue: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OCCUR AS AGGREGATES, UP TO 2 - 3 FT. OF MINUTE, POORLY FORMED CRYSTALS. THE HIGHEST GRADE MATERIAL FROM THE OUTCROP CONTAINED 18 - 23 PERCENT, BY WEIGHT, ANDALUSITE AND CORUNDUM.
Comment (Development): BUREAU OF MINES DID SOME EXPLORATORY AND LABORATORY WORK ON THE DEPOSIT IN 1945-46, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE.
Comment (Deposit): CORUNDUM-ANDALUSITE BODIES ARE CONFINED TO A ZONE MEASURING 50-75 FEET ON THE SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT & SHAFT DRIVEN 70 FT. VERTICALLY BELOW OUTCROP
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED IN WEAKLY METAMORPHOSED MESOZOIC ANDESITE INTRUDED BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. TEST OF THE OUTCROP MATERIAL WAS VERY PROMISING BUT A TEST FROM A 70 FT. SHAFT BENEATH THE OUTCROP PROVED THE MATERIAL DID NOT CARRY TO DEPTH (FOR DETAILED ACCOUNT REFER TO MOORE, 1969).
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMS BY CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4429 VISIT, JULY 12, 1989.
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.
