The Boston Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,138 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: 6,138 Feet (1,871 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.80417, -114.60639
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Boston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Mine
Secondary: Kit Carson
Secondary: Alabama
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
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: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONFORMABLE TO THE BEDDING OF THE CONTACT METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS AND THE SURROUNDING LESS ALTERED LIMESTONE. THE MINE HAS BEEN OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 190 FEET AND THE TUNNEL, SHAFTS, WINZE, AND DRIFTS VARY FROM 4 TO 20 FEET WIDE. GOOD GRADE CU-AU SHIPMENTS WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1926, FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND MORE SHIPMENTS IN 1928-30. SMELTER RETURNS DATED JUNE 10, 1930 ON A CARLOAD OF SORTED ORE ASSAYED 6.77% CU, 6.6. OZ/TON AG, AND .265 OZ/TON AU. (SCHRADER 1935, P 15 + 41) FIRST CU-ORE SHIPPED IN 1880 TO SWANSEA, WALES AND TO BOSTON. (SCHRADER 1912, P 102) THE MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 700 FEET TO THE NORTH OF THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT. NO DIKE ROCKS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONTACT AT THE MINE. THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS MAINLY OF A 4-FOOT VEIN COMPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF A SILICEOUS-GARNETIFEROUS GANGUE. IT TREND NW ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE LIMESTONE AND DIPS STEEPLY NE. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 149-50) MINERAL SURVEY 37, OFFICE NUMBER 1614 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): BOSTON MINE IS IN THE CLARK GROUP
Comment (Production): $5000 TOTAL PRODUCTION. GOOD-GRADE CU-AU SHIPMENTS WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1926 FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND MORE SHIPMENTS IN 1928-1930. 1930 ORE ASSAYED 6.77% CU; 6.6 OZ/T AG; 0.265 OZ/T AU. THE FIRST CU ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SWANSEA WALES IN 1880
Comment (Development): FEE, PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, SHAFT, WINZE, DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
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.
