The Lucky Bill is a gold mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 2,900 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.32083, -119.71194
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Lucky Bill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Bill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Madera
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
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Form: PINCH-SWELL, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 STAMP MILL. 2 ADITS, 100 FT. APART, 100 - FT. WINZE, RAISE TO SURFACE. STOPES W/SOME ORE REMINING ON BOTTOM. UPRAISES
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS. 40 ACRES. FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1880 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. N 1/2 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PAYS WELL
Comment (Geology): GOLD OCCURS IN GRANULAR, GLASSY AND BUNCHY QUARTZ AND IN MICA SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 324 - 325 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 210 .
Reference (Production): LAIZURE ( 1928 )
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