The Blue Sky is a silver and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Sky MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Sky
Secondary: Sky Blue
Secondary: Aladdin Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. (1930'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR TRIPOLI MINE
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VALUES IN LEAD & SILVER; VEIN/REPLACEMENT
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: AEV
Comment (Deposit): THE BLUE SKY PATENTED CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW WORKINGS. THE VALUES ARE IN LEAD-SILVER. THE PROPERTY BELONG TO THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING COMPANY AND WAS EXPLORED BY THEM IN THE 1930'S AND POSSIBLY AFTER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K.B., AND SMITH, JR., J.F., GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROAD MINING DISTRICT, ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 1162-B
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
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.
