The Lucy Grey Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.54944, -115.27556
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Lucy Grey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucy Grey Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Sunset (Lyons) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Late Tert And Recent Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SINCE 1905 ESTIMATED AT $50,000 , MAINLY FROM GOLD. THE GRADE OF THE MINED ORE FLUCTUATED. FORTY TONS FROM 1913 - 1916 YIELDED $68 IN GOLD AND $9.70 AG PER TON.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN FE STAINED FRACTURES CUTTING ACROSS THE QUARTZ IN AN ELLIPTICAL BRECCIA PIPE WHERE THE GNEISS IS BROKEN IN ANGULAR BLOCKS CEMENTED BY VEINS OF COMB QUARTZ.
Comment (Deposit): LUCY GREY MINE COMPRISES 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, IVANPAH QUAD., USGS PROF PAPER 275 P. 128 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 202 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
