Blue Metal Prospect

The Blue Metal Prospect is a aluminum mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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 Metal Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

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

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.