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Lucky Property

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  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 10046907
MRDS ID M242135
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Property
Alternate or previous names Red Cloud, World Exploration Co., Red Hope

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27427, 37.87576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 033E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES UP TRAIL CANYON. EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN, BUT THE ELEVATION AND THE CANYON PLACE IT APPROXIMATELY WHERE NOTED. (ESMERALDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS PLACE IT ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF THIS LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 65 E
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer World Exploration Co.

Mining district

District name Fishlake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Cleary, Jack Chiatovich, L. H. Shirley
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES, A 15-FOOT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED BY WORLD EXPLORATION CO., IN 1929; RESTAKED IN 1929 BY J.P. CLEARY AND L.H. SHIRLEY WHO DID A LITTLE DEVELOPMENT AND HELD THE POPERTY UNTIL 1935 WHEN IT WAS ABANDONED. IT WAS RELOCATED IN 1940 BY THE LISTED OWNERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.R., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV; NBMG, BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO.5; GEOL. AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS WITH CHALCEDONY IN A NARROW VEINLET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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