Lucky G. I. Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105650
MRDS ID W013587
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky G. I. Mine
Alternate or previous names Duquette Prospect
Related records 10184347

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.24701, 43.64628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 3/4 MI E OF TRIUMPH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hyndman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N;004N 019E;018E 30;24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF MILLIGEN CR.; ABOUT 6 MI. UP E. FORK OF WOOD RIVER FROM GIMLET SIDING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.24701, 43.64628

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Width 2.13M
  • General form LENSES
    Dip 70 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone, Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peterson, A. L.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Plummer
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rice, E. R.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Patterson, N. L.

Comments on the production information

  • $200 VALUE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS AND 2 TUNNELS ONE OF WHICH IS ABANDONED. SHALLOW CUTS.

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 3 ADDITIONAL CLAIMS FILED ON BY LEASEES IN 1949.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90., P. 56 - 57

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 56 - 57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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