The Bully Boy Mine is a zinc, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.41083, -112.33000
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Bully Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bully Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Deer Train Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome
Type: L
Description: North Trending Discontinuous Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAY: .030 % CU .59 % PB .036 % ZN 34 PPM MO 5.41 OZ/TON AG .080 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): CAVED AT PORTAL, INACCESSABLE
Comment (Location): NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: 2 FOOT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS QUARTZ VEIN
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 , P. 67 - 68
Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I., 1978
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREAS: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 33 - 36
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