USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Clark County
Boss Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Mining district
- Goodsprings District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 27 T24S R57E. Shenandoah Peak. Structure: Keystone Thrust, Broad Anticlinal Arch Ironside Fault; Minor Faults Alteration: Hydrothermal, Dolomitization And Recrystallization Of Country Rock; Quartz Monzonite Is Kaolinized. Strong Supergene Leachin…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 24 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Anatase
- Argentojarosite
- Arseniosiderite
- Arsenopyrite
- Azurite
- Baryte
- Beaverite-(Cu)
View all 40 reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Anatase
- Argentojarosite
- Arseniosiderite
- Arsenopyrite
- Azurite
- Baryte
- Beaverite-(Cu)
- Beyerite
- Bismuthinite
- Bismutite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Carnotite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chromite
- Chrysocolla
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Palladium
- commodity:Platinum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Uranium
- Covellite
- Cuprite
- Digenite
- Dioptase
- Fizélyite
- Florencite
- Galena
- Gilalite
- Goethite
- Gypsum
- Hematite
- Heterogenite
- Hydroniumjarosite
- Hydrozincite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (24)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 8818
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (40)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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