The Big Boy Prospect is a mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.9531, -116.80060
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Big Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Boy Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Flint 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Guess Huff
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OWNERS REPORTED HAND-PICKED SAMPLE ASSAYED $35 IN GOLD, SILVER, AND LEAD
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF A TRIBUTARY OF LOUSE CR; LOCATION UNCERTAIN
Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, W. R., 1966 , BIG BOY PROSPECT: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON BUNKER HILL
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT
Idaho Gold
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