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Lucky Lad Deposit

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071506
MRDS ID W014939
MAS/MILS ID 0160490125
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Lad Deposit
Alternate or previous names Alligator

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68518, 45.61737 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2.25 MI NNW OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 006E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • To N And W Of Big Buffalo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68518, 45.61737
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Close To Contact Of Gneiss And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Thomson, F. A., And Ballard, S. M., 1924, Geology And Gold Resources Of North Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin No. 7, 127 P, Plate XXIII Facing Page 98.
    NOTE: No Description Of This Property Or Commodity(Ies) Given In This Reference.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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