Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045738
MRDS ID M233551
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24425, 38.64465 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pablo Canyon Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 009N 042E 11 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILES SOUTH OF DARROUGH HOT SPRINGS; NEAR MOUTH OF ANTELOPE CANYON. UTM LOCATION IS THE JEEP TRAIL JUNCTION AT THE HEAD OF BOYD CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Diablo
    Rock description Diablo
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24425, 38.64465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Jett District (Argentore Or Silver Point District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I.,1984 & 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO: NBMG BULL. #99A, P. 90;&#99B, P. 119-126

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE,E.F.,1963,ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 61.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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