Nevada · Clark County
Past Producer

Boss Mine

Clark County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverPlatinumPalladiumCopperLeadTitaniumMetal
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Description

Joseph Yount

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryTitanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formFISSURE-FAULT ORE SHOOT, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
Ore controlFractures, Faults, Faults In A Pipe Of Cellular Quartz. Limestone Is Brecciated
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Libethenite, Malachite, Rutile
GangueBismutite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Valentine Member Of Sultan Formation;Monte Cristo Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureKeystone Thrust, Broad Anticlinal Arch, Ironside Fault; Minor Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationHydrothermal, Dolomitization And Recrystallization Of Country Rock; Quartz Monzonite Is Kaolinized. Strong Supergene Leaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1898-1900, 1914-1937
First production1886
Last production1937
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10047002
MRDS IDM242242
Alternate namesBoss Gold Mining Co., Platinum Gold Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates35.81944, -115.57056
References
LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, P. 111-112, 18.HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 114-118.KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1915, A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 1-12.MUDD, S.W., 1915, THE BOSS MINE, GOODSPRINGS, NEV.: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 110, P. 297-298.NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, CLOSED FILE DATA, ITEM #5883, P. 44-45.CRAMPTON, F.A., 1916, PLATINUM AT THE BOSS MINE, GOODSPRINGS, NEV.: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 112, P. 479-482.KENNEDY, J.C., 1915, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM AT BOSS MINE, NEVADA: MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, V. 42, P. 939-940.SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 10 FEB 83.LIND, S.C., DAVIS, C.W., AND VON BERNEWITZ, M.W., 1923, PLATINUM ASSAYS AND PLATINUM PROMOTIONS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2496, P. 19.LECHLER, P.J., AND HSU, L.C., 1988, REVIEW OF PLATINUM-GROUP METAL DEPOSITS WITH NEW DATA FROM NEVADA, PREPRINT FOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS MEETING, 1988, 7 P.BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 3, 42 P.HEWETT, 1931