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Boulder Hill Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271338
MAS/MILS ID 0320190276
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Claim, Bromite Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.34128, 38.69911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 024 E 30 NENESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN NW/4 SEC. 31. NOTE: CLAIMS EXTEND INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.34128, 38.69911
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 671M
    Width 305M
    Area 23HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 23
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fulstone, A. C.
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. Fulstone
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 92, 1979, P. 28-29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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