Mine detail: Bomboy Mine

Previously called 'King Copper GroupBumboyBombay'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.31925, -111.21403

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Ore: Chrysocolla, Copper
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1916
Last production ended: 1971

Geology

Host type:Diabase,Quartzite
Structure:Quartzite On Hanging Wall, Diabase Dike Below
Alteration processes:Iron Staining

References

MRDSM241190
DEP10109779
Reference{Deposit:: ADMR BOMBOY MINE FILE}{Deposit:: USBM FILE CLUSTER 402}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
ReporterGest, Don E.