Mine detail: Boss Mine

Previously called 'Boss Gold Mining Co.Platinum Gold Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.81944, -115.57056

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Ore: Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Libethenite, Malachite, Rutile
Gangue: Bismutite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: FISSURE-FAULT ORE SHOOT, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1898-1900, 1914-1937
First production started: 1886
Last production ended: 1937

Geology

Host rock:Valentine Member Of Sultan Formation;Monte Cristo Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Keystone Thrust, Broad Anticlinal Arch, Ironside Fault; Minor Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal, Dolomitization And Recrystallization Of Country Rock; Quartz Monzonite Is Kaolinized. Strong Supergene Leaching

References

MRDSM242242
DEP10047002
Reference{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 114-118.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MUDD, S.W., 1915, THE BOSS MINE, GOODSPRINGS, NEV.: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 110, P. 297-298.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, CLOSED FILE DATA, ITEM #5883, P. 44-45.}{Deposit:: CRAMPTON, F.A., 1916, PLATINUM AT THE BOSS MINE, GOODSPRINGS, NEV.: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 112, P. 479-482.}{Deposit:: KENNEDY, J.C., 1915, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM AT BOSS MINE, NEVADA: MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, V. 42, P. 939-940.}{Deposit:: SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 10 FEB 83.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: BEAL, L.H., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 3, 42 P.}{Production:: HEWETT, 1931}
ReporterLyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.), Cooper, Margaret, Peterson, Jocelyn A.