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Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048712
MRDS ID MP25725
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65867, 35.33721 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI S RANDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
030S 040E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS SUNSHINE MINE ON WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65867, 35.33721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike BOTH E-W
    Dip 45N, 65S
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stringer Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. B. Peterson, Randsburg, Cal
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 185 FT SHAVT ON SOUTH-DIPPING VEIN WITH LEVELS AT 100, 145 AND 185 FT ON 100-FT LEVEL, DRIFT EXTENDS 250 FT EAST; ON 185-FT LEVEL DRIFT EXTENDS 125 FT EAST. STOPES, ABOUT 40 FT LONG, 3 FT WIDE ON EACH LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G. B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 229, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, FEW INCHES TO 2.5 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 3 FRACTIONAL CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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