The Blue Ribbon Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Ribbon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Ribbon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Reynolds, J. M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES AT LOWER EXPOSURE OF INTRUSIVE SHOW 1.70% CU TO 27% IN CARBONATE ZONE
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN TACTITE IN LIMESTONE. THE LOWER EXPOSURE OF THE INTRUSIVE IS MINERALIZED WITH COPPER IN FORM OF OXIDES AS WELL AS MINOR AMOUNT OF PYRITE. GRADE OF CU INCREASES IN CARBONATE ZONE.
Comment (Development): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS CALLED THE BLUE JACKET #1 & #2, AND THE COPPER JOHN. THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND WORKED FOR SCHEELITE. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WERE LATER MADE TO INCLUDE THE COPPER MINERALIZED ZONE.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHAFTS, PITS, ADITS, AND CUTS ALONG WITH SHALLOW DRILLING
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY THAT STRIKES 4W AND DIPS 15S. LOWER EXPOSURE OF THE INTRUSIVE IS 400 FT. WIDE. VOLCANIC TUFF OVERLIES THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE INTRUSION. QUARTZ ANDESITE IS PRESENT LOCALLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, H. M., MARCH 1969, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BLUE RIBBON MINE
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.
