Boston Mine

The Boston Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,701 feet.

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: Boston Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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.