The Lucky Tramp Prospect is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lucky Tramp Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Tramp Prospect
Secondary: Antimony Queen
Secondary: Lucky Vagabond
Secondary: Morning Glory
Secondary: Yellow Rock.
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Peterson, Magnus F. And Lorina
Years: 1959 -
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: PODS, VEINLETS, BLADED AGGREGATES, RADIATING CLUSTERS, RASETTES, BLEBS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Wall Rock Adjacent To The Vein. Argillization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 32.09 % SB AND A TRACE OF SE
Materials
Ore: Antimony
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR OPEN CUTS AND A 15 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): FIBROUS TO SUBVITREOUS WHITE ANTIMONY OXIDE COMMONLY SHOWS RESIDUAL CORES OF STIBNITE. POWDERY TO EARTHY YELLOW OXIDE COATS STIBNITE, QUARTZ AND WALLROCK NEXT TO VEINS. YELLOW OXIDE OCCURS AS VITREOUS MASSES IN VUGS. RED OXYSULFIDE (KERMESITE) FILLS CLEAVAGE PLANES AND FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): KRAL,V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL 20.
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.
