Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1881, 1887, 1889, 1949, 1950, and possibly other years.
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10021667
MRDS IDDE00800
Alternate namesOrphan Boy, Aldrich, Carrol, Leila, Bismuth Silver, Mammoth, and Allan Emory Lodes., Orphan Boy Mine, Allen Emory, Allen Emery, Allan Emery (all with and without hyphens)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.583, -105.841
References
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.DMEA RECORDS (for deleted record MRDS DC05616 = newMRDS 10108424)CONServation DIVision COMPilation DATE, 8,65 (for deleted record MRDS DC05616 = newMRDS 10108424)Young, H.C., 2007, The Orphan Boy Mine--Alove affair with mining: burg-Young Publishing, 254 p. and CD-ROMLovering, T.S., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Montezuma quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 178, p. 92.