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Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014318
MRDS ID D011038
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names Fancy Claims, Holiday, Mountain King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67596, 38.62909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
007N 030E 17,18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Galena Ore
Linarite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67596, 38.62909
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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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1955-55
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2-1.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL, STAGER H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

  • Production

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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