Mine detail: Mountain Boy Mine

Previously called 'Jackpot No. 1Midnight'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12918, -105.32418

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Rosita Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Numerous Small Faults; Near Volcanic Vent; Near Bassick Breccia Pipes
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Strong Argillization, Very Bleached

References

MRDS	D007674
DEP	10101709
Reference	{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.}{Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Beach, Richard A.