Lucky Strike Mine

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

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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.