Lucky Boy Mine

The Lucky Boy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Boy Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Yankee Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEAMS, STRINGERS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Abc Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 80 - 90 OZ AG TO EACH OZ AU.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 4 VEINS NAMED LUCKY BOY, THE A VEIN, CALCITE VEIN, MC GUIRE; LUCKY BOY AND CALCITE MAIN PRODUCERS; THE A, CALCITE, AND MC GUIRE ARE OFFSHOOTS OF LUCKY BOY; THE A VEIN STRIKES N 80 DEG W, DIPS 80 DEG N, CALCITE VEIN STRIKES N 80 DEG E, DIPS 80 DEG N, MC GUIRE VEIN STRIKES N 80 DEG E, DIPS 80 DEG N

Comment (Production): ITEM 8 VALUE $ 1,750,000 ; ITEMS 9 AND 10 TOTAL VALUE $ 450,000 ; ITEM 8 PRODUCTION BEGAN IN LATE 1890 'S ITEM 8 PRODUCTION YEARS: LATE 1890'S - 1904

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, 9 LEVELS

Comment (Geology): ABC FAULT STRIKES N 45 DEG E, DIPS 50 - 65 DEG NW.

References

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE - FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P.

Reference (Deposit): STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539

Reference (Deposit): 1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES - GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907, P. 77.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 450, P. 212.

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