Bovard - Rand District

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001708
MRDS ID W016417
Record type District
Current site name Bovard - Rand District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40096, 38.79992 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MI. BY ROAD NE OF HAWTHORNE VIA RYAN CANYON AND NUGENT WASH

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) ADVANCED ARGILLIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40096, 38.79992

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • PROXIMAL TO CONTACT BETWEEN VOLCANICS OR LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE BODIES; SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Al Bovard
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name BOVARD - RAND DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NUMEROUS UNPUBLISHED REPORTS ON SPECIFIC MINES ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON USBM, INFO. CIRCULAR - MINERAL CO.

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON USBM, BULLETIN 58

  • Deposit

    1228 RECON W. F. FOSHAG (UNPUB.)

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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