Lucky Dog Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Molybdenum
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047425
MRDS ID M242726
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Dog Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2566

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15791, 40.41767 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 034E 04 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE NORTH OF NORTH FORK COTTONWOOD CANYON, NEAR HEAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2566, DUMP GRAB OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 0.1% FE, 0.2% CA, 0.002% TI, 500 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 50 PPM CD, 700 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 15 PPM V, 5000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato
    Rock description Koipato
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida
    Rock description Prida

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15791, 40.41767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35E
    Width 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unionville District; Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984; IDLE FOR MANY YEARS. ROAD TO PROPERTY 10-15 YRS. OLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, 1939, GSA BULL. 50, NO. 4.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, M.F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR, 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN PRIDA LIMESTONE, FOLLOWS BEDDING, STRIKE N-S, DIP 35E. VEIN ABOUT 10 METERS ABOVE CONTACT WITH KOIPATO RHYOLITE. VEIN APPROX 0.5M WIDE, CONTAINS QUARTZ, PYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE, SPMALERITE, GALENA, AND VARIOUS BASE METAL OXIDES INCLUDING AZURITE.
Deposit RECORD M231469(ROYSE'S) HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND M231469 HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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