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Lucky Boy

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028764
MRDS ID M005949
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy
Related records 10260195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65823, 38.14685 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 4 MI S OF SAN ANDRES ON THE SAN ANDRES-COPPEROPOLIS ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 012E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65823, 38.14685
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 0 - 100000 LBS CU RECOVERED

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 CROSSCUT ADITS TO E AND DRIFTS PLUS 105 FT INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 164 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIF.; CALIF DIV. OF MINES, BULL 144 , P 221

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P.157, P1.2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 12-20 INCHES IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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