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Nevada · Churchill County

Boyer Copper Deposit

Unconfirmed Copper Underground

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Churchill
Mining district
Table Mountain District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Head of Bell Mare Canyon. Deposit: Copper occurs as concentrations of chalcopyrite and other copper sulfides in fine fractures and amygdale fillings in mafic volcanic rocks. Discovery year: early 1860s. Deposit type: Limassol Forest Co-Ni. De…

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  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Azurite
  • Bornite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Cuprite
  • Malachite
  • Tenorite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60982

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (7)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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