The Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines
Secondary: Lucky Shot & War Baby On Same Lode
Secondary: Operated Together After 1923.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: In Shattered Areas Wall Rock Alteration Is Intense (Chlorite, Sericite, Ankerite).
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ONE REPORT MENTIONS TETRAHEDRITE IN LUCKY SHOT MINE. ONE REPORT OF TELLURIDES NOT CONFIRMED BY LATER WORK.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS APPEAR TO BELONG TO SINGLE SYSTEM THAT IN PLACES BRANCHES IN HANGING WALL; FOOTWALL MARKED B SLICKENSIDES SEPARATING LODE FROM FRESH QUARTZ DIORITE. LODE OFFSET 600-700 FT BETWEEN WAR BABY & LUCKY SHOT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED ON SEVERAL LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): AMONG MAJOR LODE-AU PRODUCERS OF DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS (LARGEST PRODUCER OF DISTRICT FOR SOME YEARS). NO DATA ON PRODUCTION; BUT GIVEN DISTRICT LODE-AU PRODUCTION OF OVER 400,000 OZ, A FIGURE OF SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OZ WOULD APPEAR REASONABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 849-C, P. 204-213
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 79-1095, P. 88-89, 157-158
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