Boulder Creek Prospect

The Boulder Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 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

Name: Boulder Creek Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

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.