The Butcher Boy Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.88667, -112.09417
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Butcher Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butcher Boy Prospect
Secondary: Bowers Extension
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North-Trending Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clays
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST NORTH OF DIAMOND TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Commodity): REPORTED $7000 FROM GRASSROOTS, 1870S, IN ONE DYNAMITE BOX
Comment (Development): RICHNESS OBVIOISLY EXAGGERATED
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): VEINS PROJECT BENEATH COVER TO SW; N50A IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
References
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