Lucky Chief

The Lucky Chief is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Chief
Secondary: Part of Soa Lode Claims 1983

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Chief

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1926
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18% Pb, Negligible Au And Ag

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR WITH PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault, N-S Trend, Fracture Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 121 CONTAINS 10% FE, 20% CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 3000 PPM 3A, 100 PPM CD, 2000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10 000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Geology): IRREGULAR ORE BODY IN THRUST (?) BRECCIA ZONE BETWEEN ISOLATED BLOCKS OF THE LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE. ORE CONSISTS OF GRAINS AND NODULES OF CERUSSITE, POWDERY OPAL, PLUMBOJAROSITE & LUMPS OF FE & MN OXIDES IN FINE GRAINED QUARTZ INTENSE FRACTURING HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE AREA DUE TO MOVEMENT ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT. ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED AND IRON-STAINED. QUARTZITE AND SILTY SANDSTONE AT PORTAL ARE VEINED BY FE AND WHITE TO GREY CALCITE. GOSSANY BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE ON DUMP CONTAINS LENSES AND VEINS OF BLADED SILVERY PYROLUSITE (?) AND WHITE BARITE CRYSTALS. THE GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY YUGGY AND HEAVY. IRON-STAINED JASPER IS COMMON ALONG THE FAULT ZONE AND IN THE GOSSAN. QUARTZITE WALLROCK CONTAINS SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE AND SERICITE. FAULT ZONE AT LOWER PORTAL IS STRONGLY FE-MN-STAINED WITH ATTITUDE OF ABOUT N80E, 15SE. UPSLOPE FROM THIS ADIT ARE SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SAME IRON-STAINED BRECCIATED THRUST ZONE. CLOTS OF HEMATITE, LIMONITE, AND MANGANESE OCCUR IN

Comment (Geology): LIMONITE, AND MANGANESE OCCUR IN THE LIGHT GREY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE WALLROCK. FAULT ZONE IS ALTERED TO CLAY AND FE-MN OXIDES, BUT BELOW THE THRUST, THE QUARTZITE BEDS ARE FRACTURED AND HIGHLY MN-STAINED. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN QUARTZITE, BUT LIMESTONE OUTCROPS JUST SW OF THE WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): THE LIGHT GREY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE WALLROCK. FAULT ZONE IS ALTERED TO CLAY AND FE-MN OXIDES, BUT BELOW THE THRUST, THE QUARTZITE BEDS ARE FRACTURED AND HIGHLY MN-STAINED. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN QUARTZITE, BUT LIMESTONE OUTCROPS JUST SW OF THE WORKINGS. INTENSE FRACTURING HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE AREA DUE TO MOVEMENT ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT. ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED AND IRON-STAINED. QUARTZITE AND SILTY SANDSTONE AT PORTAL ARE VEINED BY FE AND WHITE TO GREY CALCITE. GOSSANY BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE ON DUMP CONTAINS LENSES AND VEINS OF BLADED SILVERY PYROLUSITE (?) AND WHITE BARITE CRYSTALS. THE GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY YUGGY AND HEAVY. IRON-STAINED JASPER IS COMMON ALONG THE FAULT ZONE AND IN THE GOSSAN. QUARTZITE WALLROCK CONTAINS SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE AND SERICITE. FAULT ZONE AT LOWER PORTAL IS STRONGLY FE-MN-STAINED WITH ATTITUDE OF ABOUT N80E, 15SE. UPSLOPE FROM THIS ADIT ARE SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SAME IRON-STAINED BRECCIATED THRUST ZONE. CLOTS OF HEMATITE,

Comment (Location): SE PART OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT PROPERTY WAS STAKED FAIRLY RECENTLY.

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, INACCESSIBLE DEEP PITS OR SHAFTS. IN 1983, A VERTICAL SHAFT AND A N30W-TRENDING ADIT WERE THE MAIN WORKINGS, WITH SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AND SHORT ADITS SCATTERED ALONG THE FAULT ZONE.. IN 1983, A VERTICAL SHAFT AND A N30W-TRENDING ADIT WERE THE MAIN WORKINGS, WITH SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AND SHORT ADITS SCATTERED ALONG THE FAULT ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 1983.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1936, UNR BULL VOL 30, NO 2, P.28.

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.