Lucky Girl

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045562
MRDS ID M233329
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Girl

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16954, 41.67296 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 052E 29,3031,32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16954, 41.67296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ GANGUE COMPRISES MORE THAN 90% OF THE VEINS. THE SULPHIDES ARE PYRITE, GALENA, & ARSENOPYRITE. THE GOLD IS MAINLY ASSOCIATED W/ THE SULPHIDES ORE THEIR OXIDIZED PRODUCTS, HOWEVER THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Edgemont

Comments on development

  • HAD LARGEST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT. IN 1902, A 20-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT TO TREAT ORE FROM THE LUCKY GIRL GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO, CO. NEV., USGS. OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A.E. (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO, W. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54.

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN W.H. (1913) REPORT ON LUCKY GIRL GROUP CLAIMS, NEV BUR OF MINES DISTRICT FILES

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN
Deposit HAD LARGEST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT. IN 1902 A 20 STAMP MILL WAS BUILT TO TREAT THE ORES OF THE LUCKY GIRL GROUP. THE ORE CARRIED $5 TO $10 DOLLARS IN GOLD AND 1 OZ OF SILVER TO THE TON (1910)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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