Mine detail: Boss Mine

Previously called 'Boss-Thunderbolt group'

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Location: Summit County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.69638, -106.19644
dep_id: 10021669
mrds_id: DE00807
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Silicified and chloritized granite with hematite stain
Reporter: Wilson, Anna B., Beach, Richard A.
hrock_type: Granitoid
Structure: frontal fault zone
prod_yrs: 1882-1897, 1901-1963
References:
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, BRYANT, BRUCE, AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GORE RANGE-EAGL* NEST PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, SUMMIT AND EAGLE COUNTIES, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1319-C, 127 P.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
  • Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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