The Lucky Star Mine is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.10778, -114.62417
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Lucky Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Star Mine
Secondary: Giant Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PB ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1952 RAN 28% MN.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS PB CARBONATE IN A MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE. LEAD ORE VEIN OCCUPIES A NORMAL FAULT IN LIMESTONE. AT THE NORTH SHAFT, MN ORE MAKES OUT INTO THE COUNTRY ROCK AS FAR AS 20 FT FROM THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN. AT THE OPEN CUT 150 FT N OF THE SHAFTS, HIGH-GRADE MN ORE IS EXPOSED, ROUGHLY 50 FT INTO THE COUNTRY ROCK FROM THE LEAD-ORE VEIN. THIS ORE HAS IN PART A STEELY APPEARANCE DUE TO ABUNDANT PYROLUSITE IN IT. IN PLACES THE ORE EXTENDS OUT INTO THE FOOTWALL ALONG THE BEDDING OF THE THINLY STRATIFIED LIMESTONE, WHICH DIPS 5E.
Comment (Workings): ADIT 570 FT LONG, BEARING S20E, 150-FT LONG CROSSCUT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS, SMALL OPEN CUT, 2 SHALLOW INCLINES 60 FT APART ON ORE OUTCROP 150 FT S OF OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): PB ORE VEIN OCCUPIES A NORMAL FAULT. IT IS A PB CARBONATE IN A MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE, WITH A STEELY APPEARANCE IN PART DUE TO PYROLUSITE. IN PLACES THE ORE EXTENDS OUT INTO THE FOOT WALL ALONG THE LIMESTONE BEDDING AS MUCH AS 50 FEET
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
Reference (Production): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
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.
