The Boulder City Deposit is a manganese mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,241 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: 2,241 Feet (683 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 35.94583, -114.79000
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Boulder City Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder City Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Las Vegas
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sr. Whitehead ( 1959 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faulted Basin And Range Structure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: P .038 %
Analytical Data: S 12.2 %
Analytical Data: CAO 23 %
Analytical Data: INSOL. 23.6 %
Analytical Data: SIO2 17.0 %
Analytical Data: FE .95 %
Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: MN 3.8 %
Analytical Data: MGO 1.3 %
Analytical Data: AL2O3 4.1 %
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF DIAMOND DRILLING 2 HOLES TOTALLING 188 FEET, AND A 4 - BY 6 - FOOT SHAFT. MN GYPSUM THICKNESS RANGED FROM 40 FEET IN THE SHAFT TO 61 AND 72 FEET IN THE DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE OXIDES WITH 3 - 5 % MANGANESE AS IRREGULAR SMALL POCKETS, AND DIFFUSED THROUGH SILTY GYPSUM BED
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 199 .
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R., 1959 , RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MN. DEPOSITS, US DEPT. INTERIOR REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5446 , P. 7 - 8 .
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.