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Lucky Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073366
MRDS ID W019414
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Prospect
Alternate or previous names Little Jim, Silver Seal
Related records 10169312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07043, 47.46377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1014
Relative position 5.75 MI SE OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N;047N 003E;003E 33,34;03,04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.5 MI S OF SUNSHINE MINE ON BIG CREEK; SURROUNDED BY SILVER BOWL PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07043, 47.46377
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter, Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Seal Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1319.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 36 PATENTED CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1953 ; IN THE 1960'S, 27 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND 7000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING TOWARD INTERSECTING WITH OLD LUCKY BOY VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC DOWELL, C. A., 1953 , 54 TH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1952 , P. 126

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, S., 1925 , 26TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1924 , P. 182

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 137

  • Deposit

    5) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 22 , 1972 ; AUG. 2 , 1969 ; MAY 19 , 1969

  • Deposit

    1925 COMPILE 26TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1924

  • Deposit

    1953 COMPILE 54TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1953

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 478

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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