Hoosier Boy Mine

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

Name: Hoosier Boy Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Hinsdale

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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