Blue Quartz Mine

The Blue Quartz Mine is a gold, barium-barite, and copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Quartz Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.