The Lucky Legs #5 is a gold and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Lucky Legs #5 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Legs #5
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Diamond
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shearing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES
Comment (Development): SITE CONSISTS OF LOWER ADIT TRENDING N10E AND AN UPPER VERTICAL OPEN SHAFT AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP.
Comment (Workings): DIGGING INTO WALL OF SHAFT
Comment (Geology): 10NE MTN FM (?) MED. GREY FEOX STAINED LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN SHEARED & CUT WITH MASSIVE WHITE CRYSTALLINE VEINS BEARING SULFIDES. AT UPPER WORKINGS GALENA, COVELLITE HEMATITE & OXIDIZED PYRITE. GOSSAN, LIMONITE & FE-MG STAINING MALACHITE IN VEIN. SHALE AND DOLOMITE IN NO AT LOWER ADIT FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANE WITH MASSIVE WHITE QTZ VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
