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Lucky Boy Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089298
MRDS ID W015739
MAS/MILS ID 0160590253
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lucky Five

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6892, 44.77269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 6.5 MI SW OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 023E 26 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Covers Crest Of High Ridge Between Meadow And Hayden Creeks; On Top And Upper E Slope Of Ridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Apple Creek Phyllite
    Rock description Apple Creek Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6892, 44.77269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 9.14M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 75 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Phyllite Beds Strike N 60 Deg W, Dip Mainly 60 Deg Ne, Locally 45 Deg Ne. Cleavage Parallels Strike Of Beds But Dips About 45 Deg Sw.
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Brecciation
    Regional - Ene Shear Zone
  • Original concentration process entry:
    Hypothermal Activity
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Silicification
  • Original ore control entry:
    Complex Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Robert Plum And Associates

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Bulldozer Cuts

Comments on development

  • 36 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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