Bully Boy and Webster Mine

The Bully Boy and Webster Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,907 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Bully Boy and Webster Mine

State:  Utah

County:  Piute

Elevation: 7,907 Feet (2,410 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 38.4089, -112.32750

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Bully Boy and Webster Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bully Boy and Webster Mine


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Deer Trail Development Corp.2121 So. State St. Slc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chabazite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Fluorite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): P. 556

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE

Reference (Deposit): 0, P. 67-68

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GMS B

Reference (Deposit): TAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GMS BULL. 102, P. 31-37

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO


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