Mine detail: Boyer Copper Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.97768, -117.94374

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Orebody form:	AMYGDULE FILLINGS
Discovery year:	1862

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1861

Geology

Host type:	Mafic Volcanic Rock
Associated type:	Mafic Volcanic Rock

References

MRDS	M233073
DEP	10045364
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 19748 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV., NEV: NBMG BULL. 83.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO, NEV:U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7093.}{Production:: VANDERBURG, W.O.,(1940)}
Reporter	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), La Pointe, D. D.