Boston-Arizona Mine

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

Name: Boston-Arizona Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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