Crow Spring mine (Blue Friday mine; Petry mine), Crow Springs Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Crow Spring mine (Blue Friday mine; Petry mine) | Mine |
| Crow Springs Mining District | Mining District |
| Esmeralda County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 14' 42'' North , 117° 36' 7'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tonopah | 2,478 (2011) | 38.1km |
| Silver Peak | 107 (2011) | 54.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
60794
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60794:9
GUID (UUID V4):
6697db75-37ba-4506-bcba-36d81ad6256e
Sec 33 T5N R39E. 1 mile SW of Crow Spring
Alteration: Argillization; Silicification
Commodity: Pale blue to dark blue turquoise, some with brown and redmatrix.
Deposit: Turquoise occurs in bleached, argillicaly altered zones in seams cutting host rocks at all angles some seams parallel, some cutting one another.
Development: In 1939, ann cooper-hewitt, heiress to the cooper-hewitt fortune, filed claim to the mine and built a home there (the ann-jax). She did little work on the property and abandoned it. Mrs. Ed slavin filed claim to it after it was dropped by cooper-hewitt interests.
Geology: Bedding strikes N70 W and dips 50 S; beds are cut by a shear zone striking N20 W
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2 valid minerals.
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| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Variscite | 8.CD.10 | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Turquoise | 8.DD.15 | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| H | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| P | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10104100 |
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