The Boyer Copper Deposit is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Boyer Copper Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boyer Copper Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Table Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1861
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Limassol Forest Co-Ni
Orebody
Form: AMYGDULE FILLINGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mafic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S
Comment (Location): SEVERAL PROSPECTS NEAR HEAD OF BELL MARE CANYON: EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): SEVERAL WAGON-TRAIN LOADS OF RICH COPPER SULFIDES WERE SHIPPED TO SACRAMENTO IN 1861, AND THENCE TO SMELTERS IN SWANSEA, WALES. THERE WAS INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY AS LATE AS 1911.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL LARGE WAGON-TRAINS OF RICH COPPERSULFIDE ORE WERE SHIPPED TO SACRAMENTO IN 1861 AND THENCE TO SMELTERS IN SWANSEA WALES. INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY ON THE DEPOSITS AS LATE AS 1911, BUT RECENT WORK HAS BEEN BEEN CONFINED TO SPORADIC ASSESSMENT WORK BY CLAIM HOLDERS.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER OCCURS AS CONCENTRATIONS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER COPPER SULFIDES IN FINE FRACTURES AND AMYGDULE FILLINGS IN MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE BY 1938.
References
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O.,(1940)
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO, NEV:U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7093.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 19748 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV., NEV: NBMG BULL. 83.
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.
