Nevada Turquoise Mines & Turquoise Facts
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Nevada Turquoise Facts
Nevada is host to the most turquoise mines in any state in America,
and to my knowledge has the greatest number of turquoise mining claims of
any one location in the world. Nevada's Turquoise Deposits vary greatly
from those in Arizona, rather than turquoise being the biproduct of
a large copper mining operation, most of the Nevada turquoise mines are owned by
small "ma & pa" miners who are only mining Turquoise. In the past Nevada had over
400 registered Turquoise mine claims (most Nevada Turquoise mines are composed of several mining claims). These days most of these small
mines have been mined out or are no longer being mine. The fate of
the Nevada Turquoise mines still left rests with the political environment of the United
States, unfortunately this is one turquoise fact that is sad but true.
Turquoise depends on the whims of nature for its formation. It
is not a material that originated deep within the earth as a primary
mineral. Rather it relies on weathering and the ingredients of the
earths crust for its formation. There was a time when
turquoise could be collected by rock hounds. Small deposits were accessible
but now it is nearly impossible to go into the field and find and
dig turquoise. Nevada is no exception, with some of the mountains and hills the Nevada Turquoise Mines and Turquoise Deposits were found in looking like Swiss cheese.
We hope you enjoy our list of Nevada Turquoise Mines and the history we collected to go along with the pictures and list.
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