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Lucky Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037363
MRDS ID M032058
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Prospect
Related records 10295711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37027, 37.25415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(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
08S 68E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAY BE SAME AS UNNAMED MINE IN SECT. 18 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Zincite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37027, 37.25415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEIN SYSTEMS, ONE N-S AND ONE E-W, CUT INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE & THIN QUARTZITE LAYERS THAT STRIKE NE, DIP 20 DEG NW. E-W VEINS 2-4 FEET THICK, N-S VEIN MUCH THICKER. ORE SHOOT 12-18 INCHES WIDE AND 30 FEET LONG, EXTENDS FROM SURFACE TO 20 FEET DEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Viola District District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 DEG INCLINED 60 FOOT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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 Nevada resources

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