The Lucky Hunter Group is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.0269, -114.60170
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Lucky Hunter Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Hunter Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Middle Fork 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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John O'Conner, Fred S. Bidwell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Boxwork, Scattered Slickensides
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe Stain
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 GOSSAN AND CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.02 TO 0.09% CU, TRACE TO 0.07% PB, TRACE TO 1.14 OZ AU/TON, AND TRACES AG AND ZN.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Estimated Potential Resource Of Several Thousand Tons
Comment (Workings): Workings Consist Of A Caved Adit, A Sloughed Shaft, And Four Small Exploration Trenches Or Pits.
Comment (Geology): Quartzite Trends N 56 Deg W, Dips 41 Deg Ne
Comment (Location): On Ridge Between Wilson And Hoodoo Creeks Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Development): Relocated 1965 By John O'Conner And Fred S. Bidwell
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Fe Stain
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Bedding And Fractures
References
Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 6, No. 3, P. 122.
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