Minnie D. & Lucky Larry

The Minnie D. & Lucky Larry is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Minnie D. & Lucky Larry  

State:  California

County:  Sierra

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.46778, -120.83722

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Minnie D. & Lucky Larry MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Minnie D. & Lucky Larry


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: Sierra


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): BEST PROSPECTS WHERE QTZ CARRIES DARK RIBBONS W CHIEFLY PYRITE, & ALSO WHERE VEIN CHANGES STRIKE TO N, & POCKETS W VEIN STRIKING NNW, DIPS 40 E.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 ON W BANK OF N FORK OF KANAKA CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS. 2 ON MINNIE D TOTAL 500 FT. SHORT ADIT ON LUCKY LARRY

Comment (Geology): MINNIE D. VEIN PARALLELS MORNING GLORY VEIN W MANY SPLITS IN MUCH CRENULATED AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, MASSIVE, W ABUNDANT QTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. GOUGY SLIP ON FOOTWALL LOWER, CROSSES VEIN AND HANGING WALL. W DIPPING NORTHWESTERLY FAULT MAY BE SAME AS SIXTEEN TO ONE. QTZ MASSIVE, MOSTLY FREE FROM WALL ROCK INCLUSIONS, BUT VUGGY W SIDERITE & ANKERITE XTLS. XTLS OF ALBITE FOUND WHERE LATER FAULT WALLS ARE ABSENT. CARBONATES ON FT WALL SIDE OF LARGE QTZ LENS. LUCKY LARRY IRREGULARLY OUTCROPS FROM MINNIE D RAVINE ALMOST TO OSCEOLA VEIN, & STRIKES N 10 W, DIPS 55 W, BUT CHANGES NEAR OSCEOLA VEIN TO STRIKE N 35 E, DIP 60 W, APPROACHING MAJOR FISSURE. L. LARRY OUTCROP TRACE CROSSES MINNIE D. MINNIE D VEIN STRIKES N 55 W, DIPS 50 N.


References

Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., ETAL , 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF: SO PACIFIC CO, VOL 2, P 46.

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 60.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172 , P 113 , 114

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P 179


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