The Boston Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.47806, -114.90028
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Boston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Quartette Mining Co.
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
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
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Production): AN AVERAGE VALUE OF ABOUT $6/TON THE BEST THAT COULD BE OBTAINED FOR ANY PART OF THE DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE TWO SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY, ONE 300 FEET DEEP ON AN INCLINE, AND A VERTICLE ONE 400 FEET DEEP. BOTH ARE NOW DISMANTLED ( 1906 ).
Comment (Geology): VEIN STRIKES NEARLY EAST WEST. ANDESITE PORPHYRY IS GREATELY ALTERED AND BREAKS DOWN TO SMALL DARK GREEN & RED FRAGMENTS, AND CONTAINS SEAMS OF EPIDOTE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 183 - 184
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939
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.
