Lucky Tramp Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Selenium
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044411
MRDS ID M231826
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Tramp Prospect
Alternate or previous names Antimony Queen, Lucky Vagabond, Morning Glory, Yellow Rock.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46757, 38.2805 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES N OF M&M AND A&B MINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 049E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Wall Rock Adjacent To The Vein. Argillization

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 32.09 % SB AND A TRACE OF SE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.46757, 38.2805

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, VEINLETS, BLADED AGGREGATES, RADIATING CLUSTERS, RASETTES, BLEBS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N 50-70 W
    Dip 75-85 NE
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIBROUS TO SUBVITREOUS WHITE ANTIMONY OXIDE COMMONLY SHOWS RESIDUAL CORES OF STIBNITE. POWDERY TO EARTHY YELLOW OXIDE COATS STIBNITE, QUARTZ AND WALLROCK NEXT TO VEINS. YELLOW OXIDE OCCURS AS VITREOUS MASSES IN VUGS. RED OXYSULFIDE (KERMESITE) FILLS CLEAVAGE PLANES AND FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson, Magnus F. And Lorina
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR OPEN CUTS AND A 15 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 132

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.