Lucky Boy Mine

The Lucky Boy Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,224 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Boy Mine
Secondary: Mountain King

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Miller, J. H.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracture. Post-Mineral Movement Has Produced Gouge Along Hanging Wall, And Has Crushed The Vein Material.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Wallrock

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Linarite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN FROM 4 INCHES TO 8 FEET WIDE. ORE IN SMALL LENSES AND LARGE SHOOTS.

Comment (Workings): 950-FOOT SHAFT, 6,400-FOOT ADIT AND ABOUT 2 MILES OF OTHER WORKINGS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): VEIN IN IRREGULAR FRACTURE IN EXCELSIOR FORMATION NEAR NORTH CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCK. ORE IN SMALL LENSES AND LARGE SHOOTS WITH A PERSISTENT PITCH TO THE WEST. THE FRACTURE TOOK PLACE AFTER THE INTRUSION OF GRANITIC ROCK AND CUTS THE LIMESTONE, GRANITE AND CONTACT. IN GENERAL, IT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT RATHER CLOSELY. POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT HAS PRODUCED GOUGE ALONG HANGING WALL, AND HAS CRUSHED THE VEIN MATERIAL. THE RICHEST ORE CARRIES 2,000 TO 3,000 OZS. OF AG/TON IN A GANGUE OF QUARTZ AND BARITE. THE LOW GRADE ORE CONSISTS OF CRUSHED AND SILICIFIED WALL ROCK CARRYING DISSEMINATED GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE. OXIDIZED MINERALS CHIEFLY LINARITE AND BRONCHANTITE. ABUNDANT ANTIMONY-BEARING MINERALS ENCOUNTERED IN ONE ADIT.

Comment (Location): IN FOOTHILLS OF WASSUK RANGE

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

Reference (Production): ROSS, 1961

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.