The Bovard - Rand District is a silver and gold mine located in Mineral 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
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Bovard - Rand District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bovard - Rand District
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: BOVARD - RAND DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: VEIN/SHEAR ZONE
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: AREA STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX, WITH DOMINANTLY NW TO W - NW TRENDING HIGH ANGLE FAULTS, DOWN TO THE NORTH. IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, FAULTS APPEAR ANTI-THETIC, HAVING THEIR UPTHROWN SIDES TO THE SOUTH
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: ADVANCED ARGILLIC
Alteration Text: ADVANCED ARGILLIC TYPE WITH VEINS OF ALUNITE AND QTZ., LIMONITE, AND KAOLINITE REPLACING WALL ROCK MINERALS PREDOMINATES IN THE VICINITY OF GOLDEN PEN AND LONE STAR CLAIMS. AT THE NEV. RAND AREA, ALTERATION IS SERICITIC OR PHYLLIC IN NATURE. INTERMEDIATE LAVAS FROM BOTH AREAS SHOW PROPYLITIC ALTERATION.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): 1937 RECON USBM, INFO. CIRCULAR - MINERAL CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON USBM, BULLETIN 58
Reference (Deposit): 1228 RECON W. F. FOSHAG (UNPUB.)
Reference (Deposit): NUMEROUS UNPUBLISHED REPORTS ON SPECIFIC MINES ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, RENO, NV.
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.
