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Mountain Boy Prospect

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305766
MAS/MILS ID 0320230741
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Boy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.95416, 36.46888 (WGS84)
Elevation 2039
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stirling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 054 E 18 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.95416, 36.46888
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 25-85, 1985, NO. 4,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXAMINED FOR BUREAU OF MINES MLA STUDY OF THE MT. STIRLING BLM WILDERNESS. NAME "MOUNTAIN BOY" IS FROM AN 1887 CLAIM LOCATED IN THIS AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-93 Conyac, Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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