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Platinum from
Boss Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Platinum
Formula:Pt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boss Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:289146
Long-form Identifier:1:3:289146:0
GUID (UUID V4):b30b6706-5530-4f85-b8c4-58dd6b2cf21f
Nearest other occurrences of Platinum
0.4km (0.2 miles) Platina Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Azurite Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Oro Amigo Mine (Aura Amigo Mine), Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metal, and Platinum Group Element Deposits in the Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada PETER VIKRE...Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Kodiak Exploration Limited,...California 94305-2115 Abstract The Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada, includes zinc-dominant carbonate...replacement deposits, copper ± precious metal-platinum group element (PGE) deposits, and gold ± silver...with Late Triassic porphyritic intrusions. The district encompasses ~500 km2 although the distribution
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF A PALLADIUM-PLATINUM-GOLD-MERCURY BITUMEN IN THE BOSS MINE, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA JACQUES JEDW^B...ofsulfur, palladium, platinum, gold,andmercury hasbeenfound in theBoss mine,ClarkCounty, Nevada, whererichoresof"invisible"...containing highpalladium, platinum, discovered in 1914 and mined from 1916 to 1919 at the Boss discovery concentrations...concentrations. Thisisonlythesecond remine,Goodsprings Quadrangle, ClarkCounty,Nevada(lat. gold,andmercury ofanorganic...reliableassaying firm in LosAngeles reported thatthe ore The Boss mine geologic settingandoregeology weredecontained
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (issue)
A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of platinum-bearing...platinum-bearing gold ore at the Boss mine, in southern Nevada, was brought to the attention of the Geological...and found to be extraordinarily rich in gold, platinum, and palladium. A brief announcement of the discovery...LOCATION. The Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a
Report (issue)
Association: Platinum, Pt–Fe alloys. Distribution: From Nizhni Tagil, Ural Mountains, Russia. In Japan...Canada, from Bear Creek, in the Tulameen River district, British Columbia, and at the Wellgreen Ni–Cu–PGE...the USA, from Goodnews Bay, Alaska, and in the Boss mine, Goodsprings district, Clark Co., Nevada. On...Harris, D.C. and L.J. Cabri (1991) Nomenclature of platinum-group element alloys: review and revision. Can...Circ. 539, 4, 9–10. (5) Cabri, L.J., Ed. (1981) Platinum group elements: mineralogy, geology, recovery
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Journal (issue)
OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8 Mary Frances Strong TARANTULA! 12 Timothy...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Vol. 7, and Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction..." In the Ute language the word meant "hot water spring." Long before any white man set his eyes upon the
Report (issue)
in placers for gold and diamonds. Association: Platinum, palladium, gold, Pd–Hg compounds; pentlandite...Distribution: In Guyana, in placers in the Kangaruma district, Potaro River area, and at Amu Creek, Essequibo...Bay, Alaska, and in the Boss mine, Goodsprings district, Clark Co., Nevada, USA. In the Starchrome chromitite...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 95350. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and...Mineral., 45, 1093–1097. (3) Cabri, L.J., Ed. (1981) Platinum group elements: mineralogy, geology, recovery
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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Economic Geology of the Platinum Metals By JOHN B. MERTlE, ]R. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...PAPER 630 A summary report on the geology of the platinum deposits of the world, with a discussion of the...the chemistry and mineralogy of the platinum group of metals and a comprehensive bibliography UNITED...production _____________________________ -----Platinum metals _____________________________ ----- __...alloys of platinum metals ____________ _ Chemical compounds of platinum metals ______ _ Platinum deposits
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the northern Cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Special Volume 37. p. 1-18. Adair...metamorphosed hydrothermal system at Pine Canyon. Piute County, Utah. U.S.A. [abs.]: Mineralogical Society (London)...New Guinea: Melbourne, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Monograph 14, p. 819-826. Aho, A...buried, Precambrian features underlying Franklin Mountains and Great Bear and Mackenzie Plains: Bulletin...mineralogy of the Cerrillos copper deposit, Santa Fe County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook
Journal (volume)
XVI April 15, 1914 March 30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY...30 , 1914. The Utah Consolidated Stone Co. The Nevada . : Items : The Cameron Coal Mines , Utah Detail...Goldfield Con . Civil Service Examinations The Sells Mining Company Engineers and Millmen United States Smelting...trict. By George H. Ryan 13 20 California Oil and Mining News. By G. Chester Brown . TOT 10. 191 .. ;19...at Anaconda California Oil & Mining News , By G. Chester Brown . Mining the Basic Industry Butte - Superior
Report (issue)
deposits of the East Shasta copper-zinc district, Shasta County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional...Geology and mineral deposits of Esmeralda County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 78...p. Allsman, P.T., 1940, Reconnaissance of gold mining districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota: U.S...Nutt Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-024), Mohave County, Arizona: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment...Plumas County, California; Venture 63: San Francisco, Calif., American Exploration and Mining Co., unpaginated
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 47. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 97-108; Transactions...nos. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 68-70. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1914. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 33-44; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 17. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 36. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian...Bulletin, nos. 23-25. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no.
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striking oil in the backyard, or finding a gold mine of one's own. The fact is-it can be done! There...snows and feeds these placers. "Far up in these mountains," he continued, "I have found in ,vhat was once...stations, had such a run on hardware, leather goods, mining outfits, and whiskey, as never happened before...go up into the Sierras hunting the lake of gold. Mining in established camps came to a standstill for want...were penetrating the canyons and scaling the mountains in search of Gold Lake." One historian relates
Report (issue)
CASSITERITE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER. A small handful of cassiterite...the northern part of San Diego County, Cal. (fig. 22), in the spring of 1915, and the locality was visited...showing position of cassiterite locality in San Diego County, Cal. The rectangle indicates the gem tourmaline...tin ore in place previously known in San Diego County. These are as follows: F. J. H. Merrill 1 has stated...of Laguna Mountain, in the southern part of the county. Additional reported occurrences are in Pine Valley;
Report (issue)
INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Analyses -for platinum group elements in samples f r om pod i f or m... ^-j /-T f~^ J. Cornell., C. A. Gent 3 W« D. Boss, H. Broeneboer, J. Ha-f-fty, / -, .-j /-j i~y A...Barnard. INTRODUCTION This report presents platinum group element (P6E) chemical analyses for 323...fire-assay atomic absorption techniques for palladium, platinum and rhodium and fire assay-spectrographic techniques...and .100 parts per million (ppm) for palladium, platinum,, rhodium, iridium, and ruthenium, respectively
Journal (volume)
Resumption of Activities at the Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is...property in the South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon, about twentyfive...the great Cardiff mine, its near to the discovery of the property of the Howell Mining Company, of the...-roots. The discovery of the Howell reads al district has been not most like a romance . ed for its...ment and operation , the richest portion of and mining activities were inaugurated in Utah the Big a
Report (issue)
environmental and other hazards that result from mining operations can be limited to these largest deposits...more thorough literature search, public filings of mining companies, archival and other sources. Each of...case, records usually give data for an entire district or some other aggregation of deposits. As a result...Deposits are also located by mining district, county, and latitude-longitude. District names and definitions...development as a mine. Some deposits may never be mined because they occur in or near areas where mining is prohibited
Report (issue)
1· , " r ' /; , • '' \ ,~ • { ' \ PLATINUM • ' 1 ~ ,.' • •l ,I,,'. v"""'~i • •...COUNTRIES . . • . • ' • WAR PERIOD , PLATINUM . • j • ..' ,,., ,.. ttf .,. • -,. ....will form a part of the volume or volumes on the Mine,r aJ Re.sources of the Britisl1 Empire and For-eign...production, consumption and prices. The quantities of platinum and allied metals are expressed in troy otmces...CONTENTS ---- , PAGE GENERAL-Properties of the Platinum metals ••• •• • •• • • •• • •• 5 ••• ••
Report (issue)
Resource Area (including the Virginia City mining district), Madison and Beaverhead Counties, southwest...Muddy mining district Blacktail mining district Cherry Creek mining district Chinatown mining district...Prairie mining district Medicine Lodge mining district Monida mining district Pony mining district Red Bluff...Bluff mining district Revenue mining district Ruby Mountains mining district Sheridan mining district...district Silver Star mining district Virginia City mining district Mapleton mine Browns Gulch area Alameda-Cornucopia-U
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and Placer Gold and Platinum..................... 5 Podiform Chromite and Platinum-Group Elements ......base metals (including copper, lead, and zinc), platinum-group elements, strategic metals (nickel and cobalt)...Hydrocarbons may be present in upper Cook Inlet. Mining of placer gold deposits between 1895 and 1906 preceded...Creek district between 1909 and 1950; production continued into the 1980's. The Willow Creek mining district...come from the Wishbone Hill district; between 1916 and 1952 the district produced 3,284,723 short tons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary
 
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