Boston-Arizona Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027624
MRDS ID M003569
Record type Site
Current site name Boston-Arizona Mine
Related records 10283438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.61269, 34.52311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5 MILES E OF SKULL VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 003W 07 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Hematite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.61269, 34.52311

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N50w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein And Associated Dike, Cross-Cut Foliation And Trend N30w To N50w

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ LATITE DIKES OF PALEOCENE AGE. MINERALIZATION ALSO PRESENT IN BOSTON FAULT ZONE WHICH IS INTRUDED BY DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Copper Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcfarland And Hullinger
    Home office Tooele, Ut.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martha Weston
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL, 1000+ FT LONG, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS OF 305 FT

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PART OF ROBINSON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA PIPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.