The Boak Mine is a iron mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.12361, -118.01361
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Boak Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boak Mine
Secondary: Iron Mtn.
Secondary: Iron Queen
Secondary: Ironsides
Secondary: Iron Top Unpatented Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SML. LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Difficult To Surmise Due To Complex Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL MINERALIZED AREAS ARE EXPOSED IN AN EAST - TRENDING BELT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 40 FT. ADIT, A SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SMALL CUTS
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION BASED ON REPORT INFORMATION
Comment (Production): DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING MINIMUM GRADE OF 57 PERCENT IRON HALTED MINING
Comment (Geology): IN MINERALIZED AREAS LENSES OF NEARLY PURE HEMATITE AND PARTLY REPLACED DOLOMITE AND CONGLOMERATE ARE INTERMIXED W/SML ZONES OF UNPLACED COUNTRY ROCK. MUCH OF SURROUNDING AREA COVERED BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Production): F ( 1 )
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 53 P 6
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B., NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 53
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
