Safety: Historic mine sites can be hazardous. Never enter abandoned workings without qualified supervision. Read full notice
UndergroundMines
Search Sign in Join Free

Nevada · Nye County

Indian Blue Mine

Unconfirmed Gemstone Mixed Underground / Surface

Save Mine I Visited Verify Flag Add to Trip

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Nye
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gemstone
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

Open in Mine Map

Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former gemstone (turquoise) mine. Stoneberger Creek. Structure: 2 Faults Of Small Displacement Cut The Turquoise-Bearing Zone; One N75e,60nw,And One N-S,40 W. With 12-In Gouge Zn Commodity: Turquoise is high-quality, very blue hard turquoise. Depo…

View full locality record on Mindat

View individual source records (2)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Verify Mine Flag Mine

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

View sources & evidence

History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Argillite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gemstones
  • Shale
  • Siltstone
  • Turquoise

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

I Visited This Mine

Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 40253

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

View on Mindat

Related underground mines

Blue Gem Mine

Nevada · Nye County

Unconfirmed Gemstone Past Producer Mixed Underground/Surface

Documented adit evidence

Royal Blue Mine

Nevada · Nye County

Unconfirmed Gemstone Past Producer Mixed Underground/Surface

Historical mapped workings available

Bunker Hill Mine

Nevada · Nye County

Unconfirmed Gemstone Past Producer

Historical mapped workings available