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Good Luck Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098641
MRDS ID M233611
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25562, 38.66577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON RIDGE SOUTH OF MOREY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 051E 05 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF OLD CAMP OF MOREY (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Shear Zone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25562, 38.66577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Mr. Williams
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Rupert
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS; SMALL STOPE

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS. A FEW TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM SMALL LENS AT W END OF PROPERTY. ORIGINAL LOCATOR HELD GROUND FOR 25 YEARS, ALLOWED CLAIMS TO LAPSE, AND THEY WERE RELOCATED IN 1917 BY RUPERT. INVESTIGATED BY TONOPAH MINING CO. IN 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK, F.C., 1920, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GOOD LUCK GROUP: ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 241, ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXTENDS THROUGH 3 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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