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Lucky Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089058
MRDS ID W007931
MAS/MILS ID 0160450012
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Ridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31317, 43.86798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3/4 MI NNE OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 10 E2SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Short Distance Wnw Of Crown Point Near The Ridge Crest, Facing The Payette R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM THE GALENA - RICH SEAMS: 0.03 OZ AU/TON AND 13.8 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31317, 43.86798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND SEAMS
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure Zone

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 West View District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamph 41, P. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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