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Lucky Boy Mine

Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, 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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070800
MRDS ID W013894
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Related records 10143683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92783, 43.86849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 13.5 MI. WSW OF GALENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE NEAR THE TOP OF THE DIVIDE BETWEEN JAKE AND EUREKA GULCHES; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOISE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92783, 43.86849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E - W
    Dip 45 DEG N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. D. Jones And J. J. Gilson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ALTURAS QUADRANGLE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5, 33 P

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

  • Production

    BALLARD, S.M., 1922, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Updater 01-AUG-76 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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