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Boak mine (Iron King mine), Rock Hill Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
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Boak mine (Iron King mine)Mine
Rock Hill Mining DistrictMining District
Esmeralda CountyCounty
NevadaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 7' 21'' North , 118° 0' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mina155 (2011)31.0km
Dyer259 (2011)50.8km
Silver Peak107 (2011)52.5km
Benton280 (2011)52.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
60782
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60782:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Sec 7 T3N R36E
Structure: Complex Folding

Deposit: In minor shear zones in the dolomite and conglomerate, and As small replacement lenses in dolomite. Several mineralized areas occur in an e-trending belt; the largest area 300 ft x 135 ft, lenses of nearly pure hematite and partly replaced dolomite and conglomerate are intermixed with small masses of unreplaced country rock.

Development: A few tons of iron ore were produced in 1952 but the operation was shut down due to difficulty of maintaining a 57% Fe minimum grade

Geology: Congolmerate=candelaria fm slate, quartzite=palmetto fm. Dolomite=diablo fm.

Ore(s): Shear Zones In Dolomite And Conglomerate; Replacement In Dolomite

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

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OOxygen
O HematiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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