Bully Boy Mine

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

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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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