The Racine Boy Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.13917, -105.43833
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Racine Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Racine Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type: L
Description: Silver Cliff Graben, Fault; Geyser Vent, Breccia Pipe
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weak Argillization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Goethite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SECOND RICHEST MINE IN DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): LARGE QUARRY; MAIN TUNNEL OUT OF FLOOR OF QUARRY STRIKES NORTH THEN NW; CROSSCUT TO SILVER CLIFF SHAFT AT 300 FT; QUARRY MERGED WITH SILVER CLIFF QUARRY
Comment (Deposit): PART OF ORE SMELTED AT ADELIA MILL; THE REST AT SILVER CLIFF MILL; SEE "GEYSER MINE" ENTRY FOR PRODUCTION INFORMATION-SILVER CLIFF, RACINE BOY AND GEYSER PRODUCTION STATISTICS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN COMBINEDWHEN REPORTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): EAST OF GEYSER MINE NORTH OF CHLORIDE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Development): ONE OF ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES IN DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 405-472.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.
Reference (Deposit): FIELDMAN, D.N. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
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