The Lucky Property is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.87583, -118.27333
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Lucky Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Property
Secondary: Red Cloud
Secondary: World Exploration Co.
Secondary: Red Hope
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fishlake Valley (White Mountain) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. P. Cleary, Jack Chiatovich, L. H. Shirley
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2 MILES UP TRAIL CANYON. EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN, BUT THE ELEVATION AND THE CANYON PLACE IT APPROXIMATELY WHERE NOTED. (ESMERALDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS PLACE IT ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF THIS LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): ABANDONED BY WORLD EXPLORATION CO., IN 1929; RESTAKED IN 1929 BY J.P. CLEARY AND L.H. SHIRLEY WHO DID A LITTLE DEVELOPMENT AND HELD THE POPERTY UNTIL 1935 WHEN IT WAS ABANDONED. IT WAS RELOCATED IN 1940 BY THE LISTED OWNERS.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TRENCHES, A 15-FOOT SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS WITH CHALCEDONY IN A NARROW VEINLET
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.R., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV; NBMG, BULL 78.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO.5; GEOL. AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.
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.
