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Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000515
MRDS ID A010708
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines
Alternate or previous names Lucky Shot & War Baby On Same Lode, Operated Together After 1923.
Related records 10136868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.40825, 61.78011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE REPORT MENTIONS TETRAHEDRITE IN LUCKY SHOT MINE. ONE REPORT OF TELLURIDES NOT CONFIRMED BY LATER WORK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) In Shattered Areas Wall Rock Alteration Is Intense (Chlorite, Sericite, Ankerite).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.40825, 61.78011
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ON SEVERAL LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS APPEAR TO BELONG TO SINGLE SYSTEM THAT IN PLACES BRANCHES IN HANGING WALL; FOOTWALL MARKED B SLICKENSIDES SEPARATING LODE FROM FRESH QUARTZ DIORITE. LODE OFFSET 600-700 FT BETWEEN WAR BABY & LUCKY SHOT.
Deposit AMONG MAJOR LODE-AU PRODUCERS OF DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS (LARGEST PRODUCER OF DISTRICT FOR SOME YEARS). NO DATA ON PRODUCTION; BUT GIVEN DISTRICT LODE-AU PRODUCTION OF OVER 400,000 OZ, A FIGURE OF SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OZ WOULD APPEAR REASONABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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