The Boulder Hill Mine is a silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.69611, -119.34056
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Boulder Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Hill Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4281
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Wellington
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Saga Exploration Co.
Home Office: Box 6479 Reno, Nv. 89513
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MINE IS BEST KNOWN BECAUSE OF 2 LARGE FLUORITE-BEARING JASPEROID MASSES THAT CROP OUT ON THE SLOPE ABOVE THE MINE ABOUT 1200 FEET SOUTHWEST AND 2200 FEET TO THE SOUTH. THE JASPEROID MASSES CAP THE LOWER UNITS.
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE #4281, FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAFT AND ADIT, CONSISTED OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND SILICIFIED GOUGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SMALL AMOUNT OF AG PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT WITH EXTENSIVE ROAD BUILDING AND DOZING ABOVE AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE MINE. SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS STILL STANDING AT THE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): BOULDER HILL MINE, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 6/30/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
