Red Boy Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Cadmium
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047367
MRDS ID M242655
Record type Site
Current site name Red Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52266, 41.21377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 031E 32 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD TO WORKINGS WASHED OUT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2248, GRAB OF DUMP CONTAINING SILICEOUS VEIN MATERIAL WITH SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRITE, LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS, CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 500 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 1 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, +1000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52266, 41.21377

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND ONE N-TRENDING ADIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN QUITE SOME TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 21 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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