The Blue Ribbon Mine East is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.47611, -118.21389
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Blue Ribbon Mine East MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Ribbon Mine East
Secondary: Blue Ribbon Mine
Secondary: Blue Ribbon Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3602
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. F. Noble
Home Office: Mina, Nev.
Owner Name: Frm Minerals And Conoco (Jointly Worked The New Boston-Blue Ribbon Prospect)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Complex Fault System
Alterations
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REPORTED TO BE A DISTAL VEIN TYPE POLYMETALLIC SKARN WITH ONLY MINOR MASSIVE SKARN DEVELOPMENT.
Comment (Location): E-W STRING OF SHAFTS & PROSPECTS .2 MILES LONG ASSOC. WITH CLAIM NAME
Comment (Workings): A LINE OF SHALLOW INCLINES, ADITS AND PROSPECTS.
Comment (Geology): CALC-SILICATE VEINS CARRY COPPER AS MALACHITE, AZURITE AND CHALCOCITE, AND WERE THE TARGET OF A SHALLOW DRILLING PROJECT. TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS MOLYBDENITE IN QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE. TUNGSTEN IS FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE WHILE MOLYBDENUM WAS DEPOSITED DEEPER IN THE SYSTEM. THE CHALCOCITE WAS FOUND AS A BLANKET BELOW THE COPPER OXIDE ZONE. ; GEOL.DESC: COPPER-STAINED AND SILICIFIED ZONE 6 TO 10 FT. THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): FROST, H.K., 1984, FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS AEG, RENO 1984.
Reference (Deposit): BLUE RIBBON MINE EAST, SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK NBMG #3602 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/16/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
