The Boulder Prospect is a mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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
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Boulder Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Phoenix Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: State Park
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): NOT LOCATED ON QUAD. LOCATION FROM BLM CLAIM SHEET 7A F4 BLM CLAIM SHEET 71 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 CLAIMS INCLUDING LAST CHANCE 1 AND 2, BOULDER CLAIMS 1-9.
Comment (Deposit): VERY MINOR OCCURRENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1918, BULL. 690-D
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER NO 524-BOULDER GROUP
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