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Lucky Legs #5

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045869
MRDS ID M233727
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Legs #5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85034, 39.80186 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christina Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 054E 11,12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Formation
    Rock description Lone Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85034, 39.80186
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • 10NE MTN FM (?) MED. GREY FEOX STAINED LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN SHEARED & CUT WITH MASSIVE WHITE CRYSTALLINE VEINS BEARING SULFIDES. AT UPPER WORKINGS GALENA, COVELLITE HEMATITE & OXIDIZED PYRITE. GOSSAN, LIMONITE & FE-MG STAINING MALACHITE IN VEIN. SHALE AND DOLOMITE IN NO AT LOWER ADIT FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANE WITH MASSIVE WHITE QTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Diamond

Comments on the workings information

  • DIGGING INTO WALL OF SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SITE CONSISTS OF LOWER ADIT TRENDING N10E AND AN UPPER VERTICAL OPEN SHAFT AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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