The Lucky Strike Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,178 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,178 Feet (2,188 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.61611, -117.11778
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Lucky Strike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Owner Name: United Minerals Co,
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: United Minerals Co.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENSES, PINCH-AND-SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults; Some Post-Ore Shearing
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11.5% ZN
Analytical Data: 5.9% PB
Analytical Data: 7.1 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 1951-52 SHIPMENTS AVERAGED 0.02 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: EARLY SHIPMENTS RAN TO 150 OZ AG, 50% PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS WITHIN A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE ON THE FRINGE OF A COPPER-GOLD ZONE. THE VEIN HAS BEEN TRACED FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET ALONG STRIKE. SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE FROM THE MINE IN 1908. IN 1912, DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 70 FT. CROSS CUT TO VEIN, 400-FT. OF DRIFTS; A 106-FT. SHAFT-PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC UNTIL UNITED MINERALS CO. TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY IN 1951. LENTICULAR ORE SHOOTS PINCH & SWELL ALONG STRIKE & DOWN DIP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1908. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC UNTIL 1951 WHEN UNITED MINERALS CO. TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): 4 ORE SHOOTS ALONG LUCKY STRIKE FAULT.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT, DRIFTS, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 2 1/2 FEET WIDE AT SURFACE. 4 ORE SHOOTS OCCUR ALONG THE LUCKY STRIKE FAULT
Comment (Location): HEAD OF TROUT CREEK SOUTH FORK
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE, CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON LUCKY STRIKE MINE, ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
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.
