The Lucky Boy Mine West is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,479 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: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.46028, -118.67500
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Lucky Boy Mine West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Boy Mine West
Secondary: Lucky Boy Vein
Secondary: Mountain King Nbmg # 3747
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Lucky Boy
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: J. H. Miller
Home Office: Hawthorne, Nv.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Occurs In Irregular Fracture Near North Contact Of Body Of Intrusive Granodiorite In Limestone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): APPROX. 2 MILES OF SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. THREE SHAFTS ONE 950 FT. DEEP, 6400 FT. ADIT .
Comment (Location): RESTRICTED AREA;SITE LOCATED ON THE HAWTHORNE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT
Comment (Production): $1,000,000 1907 - 1911
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN IS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 1/2 FEET. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN VEIN AT THE SURFACE IS 6 FT. WIDE, BEARS N 85 DEGREES E, DIPS 65 DEGREES S AND IS HOSTED IN META-LIMESTONES AND GREENSTONE.
Comment (Geology): FRACTURE TOOK PLACE AFTER INTRUSION AND INDISCRIMINATELY CUTS THE LMST, GRANITE AND CONTACT. GENERALLY HANGING WALL OF VEIN IS GRANITE AND FOOTWALL METAMORPHOSED LMST. MEDIUM GRADE ORE CARRIES 400 - 500 OUNCES OF SILVER PER/ TON, CONSISTS OF FIRE - GRAINED GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE. MOST VALUABLE ORE (2,000 - 3,000 OUNCES SILVER / TON ) CONSISTS OF LIGHT COLORED TETRAHEDRITE IN AMATRIX OF QTZ. AND BARITE AND OCCURS IN VEINLETS IN THE ORE SHOOTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIF. AND NORTHERN NEVADA, USGSBULL. 594 , PP 153 - 154
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 1937 , PP 35 - 38
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 TABLE 6.8
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6-1-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON JAMES M. HILL USGS BULL. 59
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.
