Lucky Hobo Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222663
MRDS ID M032038
MAS/MILS ID 0320170176
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Hobo Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Hobo, NBMG Sample Sites 122-124
Related records 10037355

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.52364, 37.69467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 067 E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ALSO IN THE SE/4 SEC. 7.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Mimetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.52364, 37.69467

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chief District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 26, 1936, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 29, P. 169

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JAN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.