The Boss Mine is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,051 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: 2,051 Feet (625 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.3547, -121.13170
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Boss Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boss Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRELIMINARY COMMENT. AFTER 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION THIS MIN OPERATE FOR 8 YEARS. ORE WILL BE FED INTO THE BOSS MI PROVIDING IT WITH 92.5% OF ITS TOTAL FEED CAPACITY. O MINES FEEDING THE MILL ARE DAIRYFARM(ID 060610020) AN SPENCEVILLE(ID 060570948). ALL CAPITAL COSTS FOR MILL TO BOSS PROPERTY. SPENCEVILLE TO FEED MILL FIRST 4 YR DAIRY FARM SECOND 4 YR. ALL MINES COSTED FROM 50% PRO REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR COSTING MINE (1970 DOLLAR VA MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 10,103,900 ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 2,160,000 DEVEL 2,821,500 EQUIP 2,079,300 PLANT 2,054,500 WORK.CAP. 958,600 MINE OPERATING COSTS 9.046/MT REC 151 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR COSTING MILL (1970 DOLLAR VA MILL CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 5,394,100 PLANT & EQUIP 5,172,100 WORK.CAP. 222,000 MILL OPERATING COST 2.097/MT COMMODITIES 1,2,3 UNDER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ARE WEIG AVERAGES OF THE COMBINED FEED GRADE FOR 3 MINES,8 PAR 5 PARTS SPENCE, 3 PARTS DAIRYFARM. EACH PART EQUAL 1 PRO. FEED GRADE RECOV.IN BENE.PROD COM 1. 1.65% CUS 90% W/ CONC GRADE 25% CU COM 2 1.05 G/MT AU 91% W/ CONC GRADE .0016% AU COM 3 92.4 G/MT AG 90% W/ CONC GRADE .14% AG BOX 62 REFERS TO ALL BENE PRODUCTS FROM 3 MINES FEEDI EST. PLANT CAPAC. IS SUM OF 3 MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): REF 1 CALIF.DIV.MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL.144, CALIF.DEPT
Reference (Deposit): RES.,1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS AND REFERENCE
Reference (Deposit): REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION.
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