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Lucky Star Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270820
MRDS ID M032081
MAS/MILS ID 0320170024
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Giant Group, Lucky Star, Idamic Mine, Camp Bird Claims
Related records 10037380

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.62334, 38.10856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 066 E 19 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Hectorite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.62334, 38.10856
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 20E
    Thickness 2.1M
    Length 34M
    Width 250M
    Depth to top 76M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N40W:20E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bristol Silver Mines,Inc
    Interest 100
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5446, 1959, P. 31-32.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 12, P. 138

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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