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Boulder Hill Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103623
MRDS ID M035946
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.34154, 38.69602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position APPROX. 4 MI SOUTH OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N;10N 24E;24E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.34154, 38.69602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS BEST KNOWN BECAUSE OF 2 LARGE FLUORITE-BEARING JASPEROID MASSES THAT CROP OUT ON THE SLOPE ABOVE THE MINE ABOUT 1200 FEET SOUTHWEST AND 2200 FEET TO THE SOUTH. THE JASPEROID MASSES CAP THE LOWER UNITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wellington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saga Exploration Co.
    Home office Box 6479 Reno, Nv. 89513

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WITH EXTENSIVE ROAD BUILDING AND DOZING ABOVE AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE MINE. SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS STILL STANDING AT THE MINE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL AMOUNT OF AG PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

    BOULDER HILL MINE, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 6/30/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE #4281, FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAFT AND ADIT, CONSISTED OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND SILICIFIED GOUGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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