Boundary Prospect

The Boundary Prospect is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Boundary Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.36667, -119.64111

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Boundary Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Boundary Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): IRON OXIDE STAINING AND SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR BOTH DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE IN GABBROIC AND DIORITIC INTRUSIVES EXPOSED IN A SMALL CREEK GULLY. THE MASSIVE SULFIDE OUTCROP IS EXPOSED IN THE EAST BANK OF THE CREEK AND CONSISTS OF A MIXTURE OF PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE. DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE WITH MALACHITE STAINING OCCURS LOCALLY IN ALTERED AND METAMORPHOSED GABBRO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK UPSTREAM FROM THE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT. LIMESTONE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANITIC DIKES AND GRANODIORITE, WHICH IN TURN HAVE BEEN COVERED BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS AND PARTIALLY EXPOSED BY EROSION.

Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT ADIT

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI AND BERG, 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM.


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.