Orvil Jack Turquoise: Field Guide to Nevada's Blue Ridge Mine
Part of the Turquoise Mines field guides and The Southwest Jewelry Guide.
Joe Dan and Joe P. Lowry’s 2010 book records the Orvil Jack mine, originally called Blue Ridge, in Nevada. 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
According to Lowry (2010, p. 238), the mine's original name was Blue Ridge, but it became known by the name of Orvil Jack, who came in the 1950s to help his brother-in-law Doc Edgar mine the deposits. [1]
According to Lowry (2010, p. 238), the claims produced several colours, including a pocket of high-grade blue with black spiderweb and a general run of blue and green. [1]
As of 2010, Lowry reported:
“Currently, this mine is known more for its production of faustite than for its turquoise.”
— Lowry (2010), p. 238 [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.