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Lucky Jim

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10034066
MRDS ID M020759
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Jim
Related records 10262270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13665, 34.57947 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position IN OLD WOMAN MTN, 20 MILES NORTH OF MILLIGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Woman Statue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N;006N 018E;017E 30;25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13665, 34.57947
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 85 N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 1911 - 1930 , $35,000 OF SELECTED ORES REPORTED TO HAVE RUN 200 - 400 OZ. AG $3 - 4 AU, 5 % CU AND 5 % PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 387.1M
    Overall depth 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT OF CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN NORTH, CONNECTED TO SURFACE BY 200 FT. SHAFT NOW INACCESSIBLE. DRIFT WEST FOR 200 FT., DRIFT EAST FOR 150 FT., WINZE 85 FT., DEEP SUNK AT INTERSECTION OF CROSSCUT AND DRIFTS. 150 FT. WEST OF CROSSCUT, WINZE HAS BEEN SUNK TO DEPTH OF 35 FT., 165 FT. WEST OF CROSSCUT IS A 100 FT. RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 649

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 215 - 216

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 102 - 103 (AP.)

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B., 1930 , P. 215 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN ACCOMPANIES A PORPHYRITIC DIKE IN GRANITE, LENSES FOUND ON EITHER WALL OF DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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