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Lucky Chief

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037353
MRDS ID M032037
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Chief
Alternate or previous names Part of Soa Lode Claims 1983
Related records 10198238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52306, 37.69525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 70 MILES N OF ALAMO

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
03S 67E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE PART OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plumbojarosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 121 CONTAINS 10% FE, 20% CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 3000 PPM 3A, 100 PPM CD, 2000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10 000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52306, 37.69525
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, N-S Trend, Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR WITH PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault & Breccia Zone Along Contact Between Limestone And Quartzite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR ORE BODY IN THRUST (?) BRECCIA ZONE BETWEEN ISOLATED BLOCKS OF THE LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE. ORE CONSISTS OF GRAINS AND NODULES OF CERUSSITE, POWDERY OPAL, PLUMBOJAROSITE & LUMPS OF FE & MN OXIDES IN FINE GRAINED QUARTZ INTENSE FRACTURING HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE AREA DUE TO MOVEMENT ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT. ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED AND IRON-STAINED. QUARTZITE AND SILTY SANDSTONE AT PORTAL ARE VEINED BY FE AND WHITE TO GREY CALCITE. GOSSANY BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE ON DUMP CONTAINS LENSES AND VEINS OF BLADED SILVERY PYROLUSITE (?) AND WHITE BARITE CRYSTALS. THE GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY YUGGY AND HEAVY. IRON-STAINED JASPER IS COMMON ALONG THE FAULT ZONE AND IN THE GOSSAN. QUARTZITE WALLROCK CONTAINS SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE AND SERICITE. FAULT ZONE AT LOWER PORTAL IS STRONGLY FE-MN-STAINED WITH ATTITUDE OF ABOUT N80E, 15SE. UPSLOPE FROM THIS ADIT ARE SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SAME IRON-STAINED BRECCIATED THRUST ZONE. CLOTS OF HEMATITE, LIMONITE, AND MANGANESE OCCUR IN
  • THE LIGHT GREY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE WALLROCK. FAULT ZONE IS ALTERED TO CLAY AND FE-MN OXIDES, BUT BELOW THE THRUST, THE QUARTZITE BEDS ARE FRACTURED AND HIGHLY MN-STAINED. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN QUARTZITE, BUT LIMESTONE OUTCROPS JUST SW OF THE WORKINGS. INTENSE FRACTURING HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE AREA DUE TO MOVEMENT ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT. ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED AND IRON-STAINED. QUARTZITE AND SILTY SANDSTONE AT PORTAL ARE VEINED BY FE AND WHITE TO GREY CALCITE. GOSSANY BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE ON DUMP CONTAINS LENSES AND VEINS OF BLADED SILVERY PYROLUSITE (?) AND WHITE BARITE CRYSTALS. THE GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY YUGGY AND HEAVY. IRON-STAINED JASPER IS COMMON ALONG THE FAULT ZONE AND IN THE GOSSAN. QUARTZITE WALLROCK CONTAINS SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE AND SERICITE. FAULT ZONE AT LOWER PORTAL IS STRONGLY FE-MN-STAINED WITH ATTITUDE OF ABOUT N80E, 15SE. UPSLOPE FROM THIS ADIT ARE SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SAME IRON-STAINED BRECCIATED THRUST ZONE. CLOTS OF HEMATITE,
  • LIMONITE, AND MANGANESE OCCUR IN THE LIGHT GREY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE WALLROCK. FAULT ZONE IS ALTERED TO CLAY AND FE-MN OXIDES, BUT BELOW THE THRUST, THE QUARTZITE BEDS ARE FRACTURED AND HIGHLY MN-STAINED. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN QUARTZITE, BUT LIMESTONE OUTCROPS JUST SW OF THE WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chief

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18% Pb, Negligible Au And Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 18wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, INACCESSIBLE DEEP PITS OR SHAFTS. IN 1983, A VERTICAL SHAFT AND A N30W-TRENDING ADIT WERE THE MAIN WORKINGS, WITH SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AND SHORT ADITS SCATTERED ALONG THE FAULT ZONE.. IN 1983, A VERTICAL SHAFT AND A N30W-TRENDING ADIT WERE THE MAIN WORKINGS, WITH SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AND SHORT ADITS SCATTERED ALONG THE FAULT ZONE.

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT PROPERTY WAS STAKED FAIRLY RECENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1936, UNR BULL VOL 30, NO 2, P.28.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 1983.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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