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Boston and Richmond Area

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Barium-Barite, Cadmium, Antimony, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044192
MRDS ID M231556
Record type Site
Current site name Boston and Richmond Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.52618, 38.7791 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position 0.8 MILES NW OF DANVILLE RUINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 011N 048E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AN ORE SPECIMEN CONTAINED 1 % AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Rock description Lone Mountain Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.52618, 38.7791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S TO N50W
    Dip 45 W TO 75SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1CM TO 5CM WIDE VEINLETS OF MILKY QUARTZ ALONG BRECCIA ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Ekstrom
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 150 FT DEEP SHAFT

Comments on development

  • CLAIM WAS WORKED IN 1934 BY CONTINENTAL MINES CO OF DENVER, WHO SANK A 125-FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION ON 29 AUG.,1981.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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