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Lucky Strike

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064445
MRDS ID TC38816
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike
Related records 10212666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55668, 33.72115 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palm View Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 05S 004W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • HALFWAY BETWEEN PERRIS AND ELSINORE. AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55668, 33.72115
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 45,35S
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTEDLY 30 INCHES OF SULPHIDE ORE CARRYING 25 OZ AG AND $8 (1945) AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 150 FT, 100 DRIFT AT 50 FT LEVEL AND A 150 FT DRIFT AT THE 150 FT LEVEL, UNDER WATER AT TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 137-8

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS INTERSECT AT 50 FT LEVEL, 45 DEGREE VEIN HAS HIGHER AU, OTHER VEIN HAS HIGHER AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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