Lucky Red Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103483
MRDS ID M024090
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Red Mine
Related records 10236175

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63146, 36.09554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 5.6 MI SE SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petroglyph Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021S 040E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST E 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AVG. $3.60/TON IN GOLD, 0.5-1.5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63146, 36.09554

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 20SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coso

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. A 3 IN. STRINGER IN HANGING WALL SAID TO HAVE AVG. $45 IN GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. OF TRENCHING, 3 SHAFTS 8-16 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. JR AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 156

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 406

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 FT. IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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