The Boston Prospect is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,259 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.15889, -113.78472
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Boston Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Vein Offset For A Few Ft. By Minor Faults And Terminated To The South By A Larger One
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ARSENOPYRITE MINED HAD VALVES IN GOLD OF 14 DOLLARS PER TON IN 1935.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LENGTH ON PRINCIPAL FISSURE, OTHER FISSURES STRIKE N80E (DIP 50 SE), N10E (DIP 35 NW)
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS, DECLINES, CUTS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, N.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143.
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