The Boston Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,705 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,705 Feet (1,739 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.1478, -113.79940
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Boston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Gold Hill 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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Barkley Estate
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ADDITIONAL MINERALS ON P. A-8 IS SCORODITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 177 BY T.B. NOLANDATED 1935
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