Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims

The Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,551 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

Name: Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.74639, -117.22139

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Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Goldfield - Nevada Boy Mining Co. Claims
Secondary: Nevada Boy
Secondary: Utah
Secondary: California Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH OF SANDSTORM - KENDALL CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS UP TO 400 M IN A ROUGHLY E-W DIRECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): GOLDFIELD NEVADA BOY MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED NOV. 1904.


References

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.