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Lucky Nell Mining Co.

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000064
MRDS ID A010074
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Nell Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Claims: Commander, Flora, Nellie, President, Red Jacket
Related records 10113120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.82125, 55.51223 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $20 TO $50/TON AU (1902 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.82125, 55.51223
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 60SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION. SHIPMENTS PROBABLY TOTALLED LESS THAN 100 TONS. AVERAGE VALVE WAS ABOUT $46/TON (PRE-WWI PRICES)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS IN FAULT ZONE WITH GOUGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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