The Boulder Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.0767, -116.32330
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Boulder Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek Prospect
Secondary: Dee Gold Mining Company
Secondary: Dee Gold Mine 0320070126
Secondary: Boulder Creek Mine 0320070909
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cordex Exploration Co.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: John S. Livermore
Percent: 12.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Corona Gold Inc, (Homestake Mining Co>)
Percent: 44.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc.
Percent: 44.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1994 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Open Pit
Year First Production: 1984
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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): THIS PRIOPERTY IS PART OF THE DEE GOLD MINING COMPANY, DEE GOLD MINE (0320070126). THE DEPOSIT BEING MINE BY OP METHODS IS CALLED BOULDER CREEK. ALL RESERVE/RESOURCES SUMMARY WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE DEE GOLD MINE (0320070126) FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR VOL 300 NO 7702 APR 1983 P 201
Reference (Ownership): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 03/94, P4.
Reference (Ownership): THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 105, #12, 03/94, P9.
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.
