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Lucky Boy

Prospect in Inyo county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188090
MAS/MILS ID 0060270611
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy Creeper and Dungeon, Creeper and Dungeon, Paiute Rare Ii Area

Comments on the site names

  • ROPER IRON MINE, JR ROPER, AND JOHN AMICK

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.97092, 36.90856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waucoba Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Inyo Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 037 E 19 N2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Cambrian marine rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 86-83, 1983, NO. 153,

  • Deposit

    P. 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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