Good Luck Property

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045278
MRDS ID M232978
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41258, 41.82351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SSE OF JARBIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N;045N 058E;058E 33;34;03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization

Analytical data

Result $1 TO $20/TON (1910)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41258, 41.82351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 90
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS ARE IN A TABULAR FISSURE VEIN 10-30 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Park And Coburn
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAINMINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 497

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY PARK & COBURN IN 1910, BY A 100 FT. DRIFT FOLLOWING THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN FOR ABOUT 100 FEET, THEN TURNING ACROSS THE VEIN FOR 25 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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