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Boak Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037584
MRDS ID M035563
Record type Site
Current site name Boak Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Mtn., Iron Queen, Ironsides, Iron Top Unpatented Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.01455, 38.12354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 MI NE OF COLUMBUS, LOW EASTERN PART OF CANDELARIA HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 036E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION BASED ON REPORT INFORMATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slate, Qtzite Palmetto Formation;Dolomite Diablo Formation
    Rock description Slate, Qtzite Palmetto Formation;Dolomite Diablo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.01455, 38.12354
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Difficult To Surmise Due To Complex Folding

Ore body information

  • General form SML. LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurance In Shear Zones In Dolomite And Congl. And As Sml. Lenses Formed As Replacement Bodies In Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN MINERALIZED AREAS LENSES OF NEARLY PURE HEMATITE AND PARTLY REPLACED DOLOMITE AND CONGLOMERATE ARE INTERMIXED W/SML ZONES OF UNPLACED COUNTRY ROCK. MUCH OF SURROUNDING AREA COVERED BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING MINIMUM GRADE OF 57 PERCENT IRON HALTED MINING

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 40 FT. ADIT, A SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SMALL CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B., NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 53

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 53 P 6

  • Production

    F ( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINERALIZED AREAS ARE EXPOSED IN AN EAST - TRENDING BELT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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