The Indian Boy Claim is a copper and manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.91944, -112.75861
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Indian Boy Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Boy Claim
Secondary: Highland Lassie
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN/FISSURE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE ALTERS TO PITCHY BLACK AND BROWN LIMONITE, MALACHITE, AND CHRYSOCOLLA ACCOMPANIED BY FINE-GRAINED VEIN QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THESE FOUR SECTIONS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE ALL CAVED
Comment (Production): ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING THE YEARS 1930-1940
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE ZONE FOLLOWS FISSURE WHICH FOR A SHORT DISTANCE DIPPED STEEPLY WEST, NORMAL TO THE DIP OF THE QUARTZITES, THEN CHANGED TO A STEEP EASTERLY DIP AND PITCHED OUT
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET AL, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 111, P. 456
Reference (Deposit): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 DIREXPL BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL
Reference (Production): USGS BULL. 979A, 1951; P 44; USGS BULL. 1135B, P8, 54; USGS PROF. PAP. 111, P 456
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