The Lucky Strike is a gold mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Lucky Strike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 45 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 150 FT, 100 DRIFT AT 50 FT LEVEL AND A 150 FT DRIFT AT THE 150 FT LEVEL, UNDER WATER AT TIME.
Comment (Location): HALFWAY BETWEEN PERRIS AND ELSINORE. AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION 22.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS INTERSECT AT 50 FT LEVEL, 45 DEGREE VEIN HAS HIGHER AU, OTHER VEIN HAS HIGHER AG.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REPORTEDLY 30 INCHES OF SULPHIDE ORE CARRYING 25 OZ AG AND $8 (1945) AU.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 137-8
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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