The Boston and Richmond Area is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,851 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: 7,851 Feet (2,393 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.77917, -116.52528
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Boston and Richmond Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston and Richmond Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Danville 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: Jack Ekstrom
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Monitor Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AN ORE SPECIMEN CONTAINED 1 % AG.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): CLAIM WAS WORKED IN 1934 BY CONTINENTAL MINES CO OF DENVER, WHO SANK A 125-FT SHAFT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 150 FT DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Geology): 1CM TO 5CM WIDE VEINLETS OF MILKY QUARTZ ALONG BRECCIA ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION ON 29 AUG.,1981.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 51
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.
