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Lucky Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000126
MRDS ID A010156
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Complex, Frisco, Idaho, Lady of the Lake, Minnetonka, Oregon, Dragon, Portland, Seattle
Related records 10136684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.23734, 55.15862 (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 A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(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

Kootznoowoo, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.31% - 5.23% ZN
Result 0.36% -2.05%PB
Result 0.05%-0.08% CU
Result 0.09 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.15 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) CPxwg
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SOUTHERN VEIN N22E
    Dip 35E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 5.23 wt-pct Zinc Major 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 BRECCIATED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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