The Lucky Strike Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.74944, -119.18722
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Lucky Strike Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1949
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: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE OF AU AND 3.48/TONNE AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 OF SEC. 12., N. OF HELL CREEK CANYON
Comment (Development): ONE CLAIM
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH MEASURES 25 FEET WIDE BY 110 FEET LONG AND 12 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): A 16-FT WIDE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS BRECCIATED ASH LAYERS IN A SILICEOUS MATRIX.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1949 BY MARY LAMB AND VINCENT MARCONI, THE CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH MEASURES 25 FT. WIDE BY 110 FT. LONG AND 12 FT. DEEP ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA; USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-1002
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.
