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Lucky Strike Claim

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077965
MRDS ID W026054
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.18349, 38.03048 (WGS84)
Elevation 847
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SE OF CONFIDENCE, ON THE N. FORK OF THE TUOLUMNE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twain Harte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 016E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.18349, 38.03048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 - 60 E
    Dip 83 NW
    Thickness 1.37M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAIN VEIN CONTAINS PATCHES OF SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 120 FT; WINZE 10 FT. AT FACE OF ADIT. ON SEPARATE VEIN, FLAT AND INTERSECTING FIRST VEIN, INCLINED SHAFT 70 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV., TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CAL: CDM REPT. 24 , P. 18 - 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS THE MOST DEVELOPED OF SIX CLAIMS GROUPED ON THE E SIDE OF THE N. FORK OF THE TUOLUMNE RIVER. NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J.; Tatkin, T. U.S. Geological Survey

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