Mine detail: Hoosier Boy Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Adelia, MS 700Unpatented Claims: Isabel R.Little JoeRed BirdBlue Bird'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.97833, -107.55564

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011614
DEP	10014720
Reference	{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120. 34 P.}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 700}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.