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Lucky Strike Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045020
MRDS ID M232672
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.18824, 41.74931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 4 MILES N. OF DEVANEY CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alkali Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 024E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SEC. 12., N. OF HELL CREEK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE OF AU AND 3.48/TONNE AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.18824, 41.74931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 16-FT WIDE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS BRECCIATED ASH LAYERS IN A SILICEOUS MATRIX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer Mary Lamb And Vincent Maroni.

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH MEASURES 25 FEET WIDE BY 110 FEET LONG AND 12 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ONE CLAIM

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN 1949 BY MARY LAMB AND VINCENT MARCONI, THE CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH MEASURES 25 FT. WIDE BY 110 FT. LONG AND 12 FT. DEEP ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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