The Hoosier Boy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,260 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 11,260 Feet (3,432 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.97833, -107.55500
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Hoosier Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoosier Boy Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Adelia, MS 700
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Isabel R.
Secondary: Little Joe
Secondary: Red Bird
Secondary: Blue Bird
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Galena (Henson Creek) 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. J. Van Buskirk And Associates
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type: L
Description: San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT MINE PROBABLY LIES ALONG HENSON CREEK NEXT TO MILL SITES ALONG HENSON CREEK BETWEEN PALMETTO GULCH AND REDCLOUD GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POINT JUST ABOVE CONFLUENCE OF REDCLOUD GULCH AND HENSON CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT DEFINITELY KNOWN BUT BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH THOSE AT DOLLY VARDEN, PALMETTO, AND HOUGH MINES NEARBY. AG MAY OCCUR AS PYRARGYRITE AND/OR ARGENTITE.
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1951. MO PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1948-1949 AND 1952.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES IN INFILL SEQUENCE OF UNCOMPAHGRE-SAN JUAN CALDERAS PROBABLY IN NE-TRENDING FAULT ON NW SIDE OF EUREKA GRABEN, ALTHOUGH NONE WAS MAPPED AT MINE SITE BY LIPMAN (1976). NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VEIN AND ORE IS AVAILABLE.
Comment (Workings): 300-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS; NEW 460-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL LOCATED 500 FT EAST OF 300 FT BELOW SHAFT. NO. 1 (MAIN) LEVEL CREARED TO 50 FT, 50-FT RAISE TO NO. 2 LEVEL; AT 50 FT FROM SHAFT IS 30-FT WINZE SUNK BELOW NO. 1 LEVEL. EXTENT OF OTHER TWO LEVELS IS UNKNOWN.
References
Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.
Reference (Deposit): LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 700
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120. 34 P.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
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