Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area

The Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area is a copper, lead, and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Lead, Antimony

Lat, Long: 38.64472, -117.24333

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Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Boyd and Antelope Canyon Area


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett District (Argentore Or Silver Point District)


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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): 12 MILES SOUTH OF DARROUGH HOT SPRINGS; NEAR MOUTH OF ANTELOPE CANYON. UTM LOCATION IS THE JEEP TRAIL JUNCTION AT THE HEAD OF BOYD CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I.,1984 & 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO: NBMG BULL. #99A, P. 90;cB, P. 119-126

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE,E.F.,1963,ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 61.


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.