| Deposit ID | 60001708 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016417 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Bovard - Rand District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.40096, 38.79992 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 27 MI. BY ROAD NE OF HAWTHORNE VIA RYAN CANYON AND NUGENT WASH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Gabbs 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| (1) | -118.40096, 38.79992 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | AREA STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX, WITH DOMINANTLY NW TO W - NW TRENDING HIGH ANGLE FAULTS, DOWN TO THE NORTH. IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, FAULTS APPEAR ANTI-THETIC, HAVING THEIR UPTHROWN SIDES TO THE SOUTH |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Discoverer | Al Bovard |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | BOVARD - RAND DISTRICT |
|---|
NUMEROUS UNPUBLISHED REPORTS ON SPECIFIC MINES ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, RENO, NV.
1937 RECON USBM, INFO. CIRCULAR - MINERAL CO.
1961 RECON USBM, BULLETIN 58
1228 RECON W. F. FOSHAG (UNPUB.)
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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