The Boaz Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,240 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: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.15361, -112.41611
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Boaz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boaz Mine
Secondary: Southern Bell
Secondary: Southern Belle Vein
Secondary: Jones Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Minnehaha District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rankin, Mrs.
Years: 1946 -
Owner Name: Jones, A. M.
Years: 1938 - 1941
Owner Name: Moores, C. F.
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Grandiorite Trends N10e To N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Crosscut Or Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE
Comment (Location): 1.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTON MINE
Comment (Development): 6 PATENTED CLAIMS (1946)
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE SOUTHERN BELLE VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): USGM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL 782, P. 177-178
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