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Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102561
MRDS ID M004143
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Related records 10186736

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14969, 35.41419 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF CHLORIDE, 1.3 MILES NNW OF CHERUM PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 01 NW OF SE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14969, 35.41419
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.1 % Pb, 1.217 Oz. Au/Ton, 14.3 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 404g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^125 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 3529g/mt
  • Year 1948
    Period 1901 - 1948
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5 Oz. Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 141g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALS FOR LUCKY BOY MINE PROBABLY ALSO INCLUDE BRIGHTER DAYS MINE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FOR LUCKY BOY FOR 1930'S, 40'S, AND 50'S INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR SAMOA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OF 300 FT WITH LEVELS SPACED AT 50 FT INTERVALS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE HORACE ARMSHAW, TOM SCOTT, H.B. HAMPTON, L. HOFFMAN, SCOTT LUCKYBOY CONSOLIDATED MINING CO; PROPERTY FORMERLY EMBRACED 4 CLAIMS: LUCKY BOY, BRIGHTER DAYS, QUEEN, AND BALDWIN (1908); IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S, THE LUCKY BOY AND BRIGHTER DAYS MINES WERE COMBINED WITH THE SAMOA AND OPERATED BY BRIGHTER DAYS MINING AS THE SAMOA MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P. S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, 397 , U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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