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Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045455
MRDS ID M233199
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66457, 38.46048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1897

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 030E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN FOOTHILLS OF WASSUK RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Linarite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Wallrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66457, 38.46048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture. Post-Mineral Movement Has Produced Gouge Along Hanging Wall, And Has Crushed The Vein Material.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N80-85E
    Dip 65-70S
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN IRREGULAR FRACTURE IN EXCELSIOR FORMATION NEAR NORTH CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCK. ORE IN SMALL LENSES AND LARGE SHOOTS WITH A PERSISTENT PITCH TO THE WEST. THE FRACTURE TOOK PLACE AFTER THE INTRUSION OF GRANITIC ROCK AND CUTS THE LIMESTONE, GRANITE AND CONTACT. IN GENERAL, IT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT RATHER CLOSELY. POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT HAS PRODUCED GOUGE ALONG HANGING WALL, AND HAS CRUSHED THE VEIN MATERIAL. THE RICHEST ORE CARRIES 2,000 TO 3,000 OZS. OF AG/TON IN A GANGUE OF QUARTZ AND BARITE. THE LOW GRADE ORE CONSISTS OF CRUSHED AND SILICIFIED WALL ROCK CARRYING DISSEMINATED GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE. OXIDIZED MINERALS CHIEFLY LINARITE AND BRONCHANTITE. ABUNDANT ANTIMONY-BEARING MINERALS ENCOUNTERED IN ONE ADIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer G. E. Pritchard
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller, J. H.
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1950.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 950-FOOT SHAFT, 6,400-FOOT ADIT AND ABOUT 2 MILES OF OTHER WORKINGS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Deposit

    HILL, 1915, MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

  • Production

    ROSS, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FROM 4 INCHES TO 8 FEET WIDE. ORE IN SMALL LENSES AND LARGE SHOOTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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