Lucky Hobo Mine and Vicinity. Mine and Vicinity.

The Lucky Hobo Mine and Vicinity. Mine and Vicinity. is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Hobo Mine and Vicinity. Mine and Vicinity.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Chief

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching,Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 5000, 200, 200 PPM MN
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 122, 123, 124 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY, GREATERTHAN 20, 10, 20% FE
Analytical Data: 30, 2000, 20 PPM AG
Analytical Data: 2000, 300, 1000 PPM ZN.
Analytical Data: 0, 300, 200 PPM SR
Analytical Data: 500, 2000, 200 PPM SB, 0, 30, 100 PPM SN
Analytical Data: 20 000, GREATER THAN 20 000, GREATER THAN 20 000 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 200, 300, 100 PPM CU
Analytical Data: 150, 300, 200 PPM BA
Analytical Data: 0, 0, 500 PPM B
Analytical Data: 5000, 1000, 3000 PPM AS

Materials

Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Beudantite
Ore: Mimetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): IS EPIDOTIZED OR SILICATED TO A WEAK LIGHT GREEN SKARN. REMAINING CORE CONSISTS OF SILTY QUARTZITE AND A DARK GREEN DIORITIC (OR GABBROIC) DIKE ROCK, WHICH, ALTHOUGH IR CONTAINS NO SULFIDES, IS SLIGHTLY EPIDOTIZED OR CHLORITIZED.

Comment (Development): SMALL BASIN AREA JUST NORTH OF THESE MINES WAS DRILLED BY TEXAS GULF INTERNATIONAL IN ABOUT 1981. THIS IS THE MAIN SITE OF MOST RECENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS FOUND IN FE-STAINED, BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE, REHEALED WITH COMB QUARTZ, LOCATED BETWEEN INTERSECTING FAULTS. ORE IS A MASSIVE GREENISH TO BROWNISH VUGGY AGGREGATE OF ARSENOPYRITE REPLACED BY SCORODITE, IN TURN REPLACED BY A BROWN MICACEOUS MINERAL.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS, ONE DEEP SHAFT. RIDGECREST WORKINGS CONSIST OF PARTIALLY CAVED INCLINED SHAFT WITH CONNECTING STOPE. MAIN SHAFT HAS REMAINS OF HEADFRAME AND TRACK (1983).

Comment (Location): MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON SMALL RIDGECREST AND IN SMALL DRAW TO SOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1928.

Comment (Geology): FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN CAMBRIAN CALCITE AND LIMESTONE CONTAINS INCLINED SHAFT AND STOPE. FAULT ZONE STRIKES NZOE, DIPS 45-50 NW. BLOCKY FRACTURED OUTCROP OF MEDIUM-TO THICK- BEDDED WHITE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE MARBLE FORMS THE HANGING WALL AT THE WORKINGS. THE FAULT ZONE IS HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND CONSISTS OF PEBBLE-SIZED FRAGMENTS OF QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE,SUS PENDED IN A MATRIX OF CLAY, CALCITE, AND ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES. THE FAULT ZONE IS WELL-MARKED BY ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES AND CONTAINS JASPERY DARK BROWN GOSSAN AND EARTHY MATERIAL. SOME BRIGHT YELLOW AND ORANGE OXIDES ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE ZONE. ALTERED LIMESTONE BOULDERS ON THE DUMP ARE REPLACED BY JASPER AND OTHERWISE SILICIFIED. SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE WALLROCKS AND BRECCIA ZONE. SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WAS SAMPLED. DRILL CORE IN AREA CONSISTS OF MARBELIZED, BLEACHED LIMESTONE. SOME COARSE WHITE NEEDLES OF CERUSSITE WERE FOUND ON FRACTUR SURFACES IN SOME OF THE MARBLE CORE. SOME OF THE LIMESTONE

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1936, UNR BULL 30, NO. 2, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P.,1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 17, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV. BUR MINES, BULL 73

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970

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.