Mine detail: Southern Boy Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Southern Boy, MS 6435Southern Girl, MS 6436Bushby, MS 12392Texas Queen, MS 15688Northern Boy, MS 15688Alvia, MS 15688Unpatented Claim: General Miles'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.37112, -108.07426

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Tellurium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sylvanite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1924

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010856
DEP	10014190
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 168}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 6435, 6436, 12392, 15688}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 168 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.