The Lucky Boy is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,270 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: 6,270 Feet (1,911 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.92028, -113.56000
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Lucky Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Boy
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Yost
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Raft River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR AND IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): PERHAPS SOME TEST LOTS SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): WEST SIDE OF ROAD; 40 AND 135 FOOT ADITS AND 2 OTHER SHORT ADITS. EAST SIDE HAS 70 AND 22 FOOT ADITS AND A SHALLOW 150 FOOT CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPTON, R. R., 1972 , GEOLOGY OF THE YOST QUAD.: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I - 672
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP COMPTON, MAP I - 67
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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