Lucky Boy Mine

The Lucky Boy Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Boy Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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

Not available

Production

Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.1 % Pb, 1.217 Oz. Au/Ton, 14.3 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^125 Oz. Ag/Ton
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901 - 1948
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5 Oz. Au/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALS FOR LUCKY BOY MINE PROBABLY ALSO INCLUDE BRIGHTER DAYS MINE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FOR LUCKY BOY FOR 1930'S, 40'S, AND 50'S INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR SAMOA

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE HORACE ARMSHAW, TOM SCOTT, H.B. HAMPTON, L. HOFFMAN, SCOTT LUCKYBOY CONSOLIDATED MINING CO; PROPERTY FORMERLY EMBRACED 4 CLAIMS: LUCKY BOY, BRIGHTER DAYS, QUEEN, AND BALDWIN (1908); IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S, THE LUCKY BOY AND BRIGHTER DAYS MINES WERE COMBINED WITH THE SAMOA AND OPERATED BY BRIGHTER DAYS MINING AS THE SAMOA MINE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT OF 300 FT WITH LEVELS SPACED AT 50 FT INTERVALS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

References

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P. S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, 397 , U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

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