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Boss Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Palladium, Platinum, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270602
MRDS ID W001563
MAS/MILS ID 0320030123
Record type Site
Current site name Boss Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.57164, 35.8194 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 S 057 E 34 NWSWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.57164, 35.8194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1886

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.111, 187.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 275 1956 P.135.

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6964 1937 P.44-45.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P 114-118.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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