Lucky Star Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037380
MRDS ID M032081
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Giant Group
Related records 10270820

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62501, 38.10774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES NW OF JACKRABBIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03N 66E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PB ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.62501, 38.10774

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 50SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB ORE VEIN OCCUPIES A NORMAL FAULT. IT IS A PB CARBONATE IN A MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE, WITH A STEELY APPEARANCE IN PART DUE TO PYROLUSITE. IN PLACES THE ORE EXTENDS OUT INTO THE FOOT WALL ALONG THE LIMESTONE BEDDING AS MUCH AS 50 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1952 RAN 28% MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 173.74M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 570 FT LONG, BEARING S20E, 150-FT LONG CROSSCUT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS, SMALL OPEN CUT, 2 SHALLOW INCLINES 60 FT APART ON ORE OUTCROP 150 FT S OF OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS PB CARBONATE IN A MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE. LEAD ORE VEIN OCCUPIES A NORMAL FAULT IN LIMESTONE. AT THE NORTH SHAFT, MN ORE MAKES OUT INTO THE COUNTRY ROCK AS FAR AS 20 FT FROM THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN. AT THE OPEN CUT 150 FT N OF THE SHAFTS, HIGH-GRADE MN ORE IS EXPOSED, ROUGHLY 50 FT INTO THE COUNTRY ROCK FROM THE LEAD-ORE VEIN. THIS ORE HAS IN PART A STEELY APPEARANCE DUE TO ABUNDANT PYROLUSITE IN IT. IN PLACES THE ORE EXTENDS OUT INTO THE FOOTWALL ALONG THE BEDDING OF THE THINLY STRATIFIED LIMESTONE, WHICH DIPS 5E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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