Lucky Tramp Prospect

The Lucky Tramp Prospect is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.