The Red Boy Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.21389, -118.52167
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Red Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Boy Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2248
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2248, GRAB OF DUMP CONTAINING SILICEOUS VEIN MATERIAL WITH SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRITE, LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS, CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 500 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 1 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, +1000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS AND ONE N-TRENDING ADIT
Comment (Location): ROAD TO WORKINGS WASHED OUT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN QUITE SOME TIME
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 21 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
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.
