The Bobby Boy Lode is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Bobby Boy Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobby Boy Lode
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Beaver Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clifford V. And Joyce M. Cox
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CLAIMANT CLAIMS TWENTY DOLLAR VALUES IN PB AND AG - NO ASSAY REPORT WAS DONE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS WERE DUG, SHAFT #2 IS CAVED #1 IS STILL ACCESIBLE. THE VEIN IS NOT EXPOSED FOR SAMPLING.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS INTRUSIVES
References
Reference (Deposit): 1957 DIREXPL USFS
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
