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Lucky Boy Mine West

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037419
MRDS ID M035114
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine West
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy Vein, Mountain King Nbmg # 3747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67596, 38.4602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position SOUTH END WASSUK RANGE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWTHORNE VIA HWY 31

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(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
Mount Diablo 007N 030E 17,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • RESTRICTED AREA;SITE LOCATED ON THE HAWTHORNE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphosed Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67596, 38.4602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Occurs In Irregular Fracture Near North Contact Of Body Of Intrusive Granodiorite In Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND LENSES
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70 S
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Small Lenses And Large Shoots With Persistent Pitch To The West At Sleep Angles. Bodies Closely Related To Branch Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRACTURE TOOK PLACE AFTER INTRUSION AND INDISCRIMINATELY CUTS THE LMST, GRANITE AND CONTACT. GENERALLY HANGING WALL OF VEIN IS GRANITE AND FOOTWALL METAMORPHOSED LMST. MEDIUM GRADE ORE CARRIES 400 - 500 OUNCES OF SILVER PER/ TON, CONSISTS OF FIRE - GRAINED GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE. MOST VALUABLE ORE (2,000 - 3,000 OUNCES SILVER / TON ) CONSISTS OF LIGHT COLORED TETRAHEDRITE IN AMATRIX OF QTZ. AND BARITE AND OCCURS IN VEINLETS IN THE ORE SHOOTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Guy E. Pritchard

Mining district

District name Lucky Boy

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Miller
    Home office Hawthorne, Nv.
    First year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • $1,000,000 1907 - 1911

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1950.72M
    Overall depth 289.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX. 2 MILES OF SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. THREE SHAFTS ONE 950 FT. DEEP, 6400 FT. ADIT .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIF. AND NORTHERN NEVADA, USGSBULL. 594 , PP 153 - 154

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 1937 , PP 35 - 38

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 TABLE 6.8

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6-1-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON JAMES M. HILL USGS BULL. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN IS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 1/2 FEET. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN VEIN AT THE SURFACE IS 6 FT. WIDE, BEARS N 85 DEGREES E, DIPS 65 DEGREES S AND IS HOSTED IN META-LIMESTONES AND GREENSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Shawe, D.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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