The Lucky Boy Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,327 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: 3,327 Feet (1,014 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.4639, -116.06940
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Lucky Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Boy Prospect
Secondary: Little Jim
Secondary: Silver Seal
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter, Yreka)
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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Seal Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2.5 MI S OF SUNSHINE MINE ON BIG CREEK; SURROUNDED BY SILVER BOWL PROPERTY
Comment (Development): 36 PATENTED CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1953 ; IN THE 1960'S, 27 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND 7000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING TOWARD INTERSECTING WITH OLD LUCKY BOY VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1925 COMPILE 26TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1924
Reference (Deposit): 1953 COMPILE 54TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1953
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 478
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1925 , 26TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1924 , P. 182
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 137
Reference (Deposit): 5) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 22 , 1972 ; AUG. 2 , 1969 ; MAY 19 , 1969
Reference (Deposit): MC DOWELL, C. A., 1953 , 54 TH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1952 , P. 126
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