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Lucky Boy

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035424
MRDS ID M023216
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy
Related records 10165172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.30058, 41.82205 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 1.7 MI. SW CHINA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slater Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017N 008E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 23 SAMPLES SAID TO HAVE AVG. $4.71/TON IN GOLD. ORE FROM STOPE ON LADY LUCK CLAIM, 100 FT. LONG AND 10 FT. WIDE, SAID TO AVG. $10/TON IN GOLD. ANOTHER ADIT W/ 4 FT. OF ORE SAID ASSAYED $5.75/TON IN GOLD AND 2.5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.30058, 41.82205
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS & SHORT ADITS. 2 ROOM CABIN ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 442, PL. 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS STRINGERS AND SOME NARROW VEINS
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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