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The Macy Mine, above, is located in an OSD geologic unit, the steam bed is Qam and the bed above the stream is Qay.
Vanadinite Mine, the J. C. Macy Claim, the Barking Frog, and the Bobbee De Claim. On the Hillsboro Quadrangle Geologic Map the mine is named the Vanadinite Mine. On the Ready Pay Gulch - Percha Box Loop Trail map (image below) the location of the mine is shown by a green star. The arrow on the Geologic Map detail shows the location of the mine in relation to various geologic units.
A number of minerals were taken from the mine, including; Arsenatian Vanadintie, Calcite, Cerussite, Descloizite, Fluorite, Galena, Heulandite, Melanotekite, Mimetite, Quartz, Vanadinite, and Wulfenite. The Black Range website has a photo gallery of mineral specimens collected