Lucky Hill Mine

The Lucky Hill Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Lucky Hill Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.14944, -118.08889

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Lucky Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Hill Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Argentum Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Distal disseminated Ag-Au


Orebody

Form: RESTRICTED SHOOTS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Reservoir Fault Branches Repeatedly Or Cuts Off Impinging Faults Which Strike Ne


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND TWO 75 FT. LONG SURFACE GLORY HOLES

Comment (Deposit): ONE OF THE THREE MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE DISTRICT, THE LUCKY HILL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MINES YET LITTLE WORK HAD BEEN DONE PRIOR TO 1920. MUCH OF THE PRODUCTION DURING THE EARLY 20'S CONSISTED OF OLD FILL RECOVERED FROM STOPES

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS SOFT AND FRIABLE, HIGHLY OXIDIZED, BLACK WHERE OXIDE OF MANGANESE PREDOMINATES, YELLOWISH RED WHERE LIMONITE PREDOMINATES, AND DULL DIRTY BROWN WHERE THESE OXIDES ARE EVENLY DISSEMINATED

Comment (Location): .4 MILES WEST OF MT. DIABLO MINE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VEINS CUT OFF BY FAULTS AT DEPTH. DETERMINE CHARACTER AND MAGNITUDE OF FAULT DISPLACEMENTS, IN THE HOPE OF FINDING MISSING SEGMENTS OF FAULTED VEINS

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS OCCUR - MAIN VEIN & BALDWIN VEIN

Comment (Geology): BOTH VEINS ARE VIRTUALLY ENCASED IN A ROUGHLY TABULAR ENVELOPE OF DOLOMITIZED ROCK ABOUT 300 FEET THICK.


References

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS, BULL 735

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): 1922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 23

Reference (Deposit): 1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. PP 137 - 157

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

Reference (Production): PAGE F2


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.