USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Nye County
Royal Blue Mine
Unconfirmed Gemstone Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gemstone
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 3 T5N R40E. $5,000,000 of production prior to 1915. Note on the mineral list: for "coeruleolactite" see references and information given for Planerite-Turquoise Series. Alteration: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Trachyte; Silicification C…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 23 shaft symbols
- 23 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Malachite
- Turquoise
- Limonite
- Planerite-Turquoise Series
- Trachyte
- Turquoise
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (23)
- mapped adit symbols (23)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 40461
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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