The Mountain Boy is a lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Mountain Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Boy
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Park City District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Developments include 4 adits, 2 in ore, 1 is 155' long.
Comment (Location): Original NAD27 lat/long 48-25N 118-50W plotted in Ferry county. The political location in the record is said to be Okanogan county. Mindat.org has much information for this site but it look like it was all copied from MRDS. Both the mindat.org PLSS coordinates (NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 section 12, T33N-R31E) and lat/long coordinates (48?22'34"N , 118?52'40"W) plot in Okanogan county. However, they disagree by 1100m. The location description is said to be on Castle Mountain. Geonames has no entry for Mountain Boy in Okanagan county, and the only entry for Castle Mountain is in Pierce county, many miles away. No geonames entry for Park City district in Washington. However, MRDS shows 4 other records in Park City district, Okanogan county, WA, all lat/longs are in the same vicinity. The mindat.org lat/long was substituted for the original coordinates, but should be checked against the plss location in the references.
References
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 39
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37
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