Boss Mine

Plant in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271015
MAS/MILS ID 0320090733
Record type Site
Current site name Boss Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.64403, 38.07824 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 038 E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.64403, 38.07824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leader Mining International Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leader Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    Last year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ebco Enterprises
    ID 2602002
    Year 1989
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wes Construction

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 578000mt ore
    Total resources 578000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.79 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P310.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P233.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPE. PUB. 10, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/17/1990
MSHA mine ID2602002
Mine name (MSHA)Boss
Current operatorFalcon Explorations
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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