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Lucky Hillmine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045352
MRDS ID M233059
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Hillmine
Alternate or previous names Atlantic Claims, Original Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09066, 38.14937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AS MUCH AS 15 TO 25 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Candelaria
    Rock description Candelaria
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09066, 38.14937
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The North Side Of The District Is Bounded By A Major Post-Mineral Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alpha Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N90E APPROX
    Dip 65-70N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT DEPTH THE UNOXIDIZED VEIN FILLING WAS MANGANIFEROUS FERRODOLOMITE CONTAINING PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND JAMESONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Candelaria District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $250,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION. SPECIFIC YEARS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 425-FT ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT TO 270 FT WITH 2 LEVELS. 850 FT OF DRIFTS ON THE MAIN LEVEL. SOME GLORY HOLES. THIS DEPOSIT MIGHT BE A FEASIBLE OPEN-PIT OPERATION.

Comments on development

  • OLD MINE, BUT NOT MUCH WORK PRIOR TO 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.58.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL.735,P.19-20.

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, W.H., LUCKY HILL MINE (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS IN CHERT, FELSITE AND ARGILLITE. HIGHLY OXIDED ORE IS SOFT, FRIABLE, AND BLACK TO REDDISH. THE PRODUCTIVE ORE WAS GENERALLY NEAR THE LOWER BORDER OF THE CANDELARIA SHALE.
Deposit 40 ACRES OF PATENTED GROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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