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Lucky

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028830
MRDS ID M006054
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky
Related records 10211719

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61684, 38.29547 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 MI NE OF JESUS MARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(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 005N 012E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE YIELDED $8 - $10 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61684, 38.29547
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Intruded By Diorite Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N 0 - 20 E
    Dip W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 TO 5 FT VEIN COUNTRY RK INTRUDED BY DIORITE DIKES, STRIKE N 0 - 20 E, DIPS STEEPLY

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 1929 - 1933

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 150 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVEL AT 100 FT WITH 500 FT N AND 50 FT S. DRIFTS

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 5 FT THICK, DIPS STEEPLY

Reporter information

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

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