Indian Mountain Turquoise: Field Guide to a Lander County Rediscovery
Part of the Turquoise Mines field guides and The Southwest Jewelry Guide.
Joe Dan and Joe P. Lowry’s 2010 book records the rediscovery of the Indian Mountain deposit in Nevada in 1970. Every statement below is quoted or paraphrased from that book, with page numbers, so you can check each one. The book was published in 2010; anything described as current describes 2010.
What Lowry recorded
Lowry (2010) on its rediscovery:
“This prehistoric site and its deposits were rediscovered in 1970 when a Shoshone sheepherder stumbled upon a vein of turquoise along the south hillside while tending his sheep.”
— Lowry (2010), p. 235 [1]
According to Lowry (2010, p. 235), the Dan, Edgar and Mauzy families, with Bob Burton, then mined and marketed rough and cabochons from the site, which lies about forty-six miles southwest of Crescent Valley on the south slope of Bald Mountain; the claims were also sold as Blue Jay 1, 2 and 3. [1]
According to Lowry (2010, p. 227), Indian Mountain turquoise has been sold as Lander Blue because of the two stones' similar look. [1]
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Sources
- Lowry, Joe Dan, and Joe P. Lowry. Turquoise: The World Story of a Fascinating Gemstone. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2010. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2010.