Turquoise mineNye County, Nevada
Toquima
Toquima, the old Blue Gem turquoise prospect in Nye County, Nevada, first worked in the late 1960s: gem-grade nuggets, nodules and pseudomorphs.
- Mineral
- Turquoise
- Discovered
- 1960s
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
History of the mine
First worked in the late 1960s and early 1970s as "Blue Gem," then left dormant for over fifty years. Small cat-pushes uncovered several turquoise-bearing zones that were never developed, yielding gem-grade nuggets, nodules, and a wide range of pseudomorphs.
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