The Boston-Arizona Mine is a zinc mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 34.52306, -112.61194
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Boston-Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston-Arizona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Copper Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Martha Weston
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: Mcfarland And Hullinger
Home Office: Tooele, Ut.
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N50w
Type: L
Description: Vein And Associated Dike, Cross-Cut Foliation And Trend N30w To N50w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL, 1000+ FT LONG, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS OF 305 FT
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PART OF ROBINSON PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA PIPE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ LATITE DIKES OF PALEOCENE AGE. MINERALIZATION ALSO PRESENT IN BOSTON FAULT ZONE WHICH IS INTRUDED BY DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, W.P., 1955, UNPUB PHD THESIS, UNIV OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, JERRY, 1978, UNPUB MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.P., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES IN THE COPPER BASIN, ARIZONA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 56 , PP. 916 - 940
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