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Lucky Bill

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037720
MRDS ID M035898
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Bill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.48377, 38.84047 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position APPROX. 8 MI. NW OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 022E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.48377, 38.84047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Canyon Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNSPECIFIED

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SHALLOW TUNNELS AND OPEN PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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