Mine detail: Boston Mine

Previously called 'Kit CarsonAlabama'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.80408, -114.60728

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880

Geology

Host type:	Silt,Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures

References

MRDS	M233892
DEP	10045989
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.}{Production:: SMITH, R.M., (1976)}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.