The Humbug-Lucky Chance Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.56028, -117.12111
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Humbug-Lucky Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humbug-Lucky Chance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Argillization
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SILVER WAS ERRATIC, UP TO 9 OZ/TON.
Analytical Data: AU RANGED FROM 0.10 TO 2 OZ./TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Unknown: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Geology): PRINCIPAL STOPES WERE IN OXIDIZED ZONE AND RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 FT WIDE.
Comment (Location): 3/4 MILE SE OF TOWNSITE OF GALENA
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCTIVE SINCE 1870'S BUT THE ONLY PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE SINCE 1921
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, SHAFT, LEVEL WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): HUMBUG-LUCKY CHANCE MINE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCTIVE SINCE THE 1870'S, BUT PRODUCTION IS RECORDED ONLY SINCE 1921. WORKINGS IN 1955 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND 700 FT. OF LEVEL WORKINGS AS WELL AS A 150-FT. SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
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.
