The Poor Boy Claim is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,610 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,610 Feet (1,710 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.02722, -117.89861
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Poor Boy Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poor Boy Claim
Secondary: Argentum Grounds
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Lashby, G. D.
Home Office: Gabbs
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones (N50w, 80sw; N80w, 75sw) Major Wnw-Trending Normal Fault; Nw-Striking Range-Front Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Brown Limestone Is Partly Dolomitized And Silicified. Porphyry Is Slightly Limonitized, Chloritized, And Sericitized.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AND GOSSAN LENSES ALONG SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, TWO TRENCHES, AND THREE SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): LOCALIZED CALCITE VEINLETS ARE PRESENT. VEINS HAVE SHARP CONTACTS WITH ALTERED PORPHYRY WALLROCK AND ARE COMMONLY BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ AND IN PLACES LIMONITE.
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
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.
