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Boston Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098362
MRDS ID M031003
Record type Site
Current site name Boston Mine
Related records 10246317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9011, 35.47807 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NE OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 063E 25,26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.9011, 35.47807
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN STRIKES NEARLY EAST WEST. ANDESITE PORPHYRY IS GREATELY ALTERED AND BREAKS DOWN TO SMALL DARK GREEN & RED FRAGMENTS, AND CONTAINS SEAMS OF EPIDOTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Quartette Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • AN AVERAGE VALUE OF ABOUT $6/TON THE BEST THAT COULD BE OBTAINED FOR ANY PART OF THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE TWO SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY, ONE 300 FEET DEEP ON AN INCLINE, AND A VERTICLE ONE 400 FEET DEEP. BOTH ARE NOW DISMANTLED ( 1906 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 183 - 184

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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