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Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047041
MRDS ID M242283
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Nevada Boy, Utah, California Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2223, 37.74633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 AIR MILES DUE NORTH OF TOP OF COLUMBIA MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 23,24 SE (23); SW (24) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF SANDSTORM - KENDALL CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS UP TO 400 M IN A ROUGHLY E-W DIRECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2223, 37.74633
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Harry Stimler And William Marsh Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By Jim Butler And Tom Kendall

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • GOLDFIELD NEVADA BOY MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED NOV. 1904.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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