Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1862
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10090665
MRDS IDD002395
Alternate namesOrphan Boy, New Orphan Boy
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.278, -106.102
References
SINGEWALD, Q.D., and BUTLER, B.S., 1933, Suggestions for prospecting in the Alma District, Coloraco: COLOrado SCIentific Society PROCeedings, v. 13, no. 4, p. 89-131.MINE MAP REPOSITORY: #400048 #409925MINERALS PROPERTY FILE (USBM?)MSHA.DBF, 1995.PILCHER, S.H., GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ORPHAN BOY MINE, PARK COUNTY, CO., 1968, COLO. SCH. MINES PHD THESIS T1063.CONServation DIVision COMPilation DATE, 9,6