The Irish Boy Claims is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,387 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,387 Feet (1,642 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 41.42972, -114.04667
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Irish Boy Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irish Boy Claims
Secondary: Empire Jackson Mine Lee Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tecoma
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Seriaitization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON TOE OF A LOW RIDGE
Comment (Development): SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT BODY ALONG FAULT; KAOLINIZED DIKE ALONG STRUCTURE. VEIN BEARS ARGENTIFEROUS CERUSSITE, SMITHSONITE
Comment (Workings): 60-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT & 3 OTHER SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): REPLACEMENT BODY ALONG N 10 W, NEAR VERT. FAULT, KAOLNIZED DIKE ALONG STRUCTURE, MASSIVE JASPERIN BACK-RED GOSSAN, SOME SPOTS CERUSSITE
Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS WAS LOCATED IN JANUARY OF 1912, AND IS DEVELOPED BY A 60' VERTICAL SHAFT, AND OTHER ADJACENT SHAFTS (3) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL, 648.
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAM BY T.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 1/13/80.
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.
