The Good Luck Group is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.66583, -116.25472
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Good Luck Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Luck Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Rupert
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Shear Zone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF OLD CAMP OF MOREY (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS. A FEW TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM SMALL LENS AT W END OF PROPERTY. ORIGINAL LOCATOR HELD GROUND FOR 25 YEARS, ALLOWED CLAIMS TO LAPSE, AND THEY WERE RELOCATED IN 1917 BY RUPERT. INVESTIGATED BY TONOPAH MINING CO. IN 1920.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXTENDS THROUGH 3 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS; SMALL STOPE
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACK, F.C., 1920, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GOOD LUCK GROUP: ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 241, ITEM 2
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.
