The Lucky Bill Prospect is a mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.29139, -123.10583
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Lucky Bill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Bill Prospect
Secondary: Old Bill
Secondary: Johnston
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Wildwood
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 46 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1.5 PERCENT IRON, 14.7 PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER SECTION 9 , IN SE 1/4 SEC. 9 ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AT LEAST 4 ORE BODIES OCCUR IN A CHERT BELT ASSOCIATED WITH GREENSTONE. LENGTH OF ORE BODIES IS 20 , 80 , 110 AND 30 FT. ORE IS EXPOSED OVER INTERVALS FOR 400 FT. AND VARIES IN WIDTH FROM 2 TO 10 FT. CHERT STRIKES N. W. AND DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL. DEPOSIT APPEARS DISCONTINUOUS, FOR GREENSTONE IS FOUND BETWEEN MANGANESE EXPOSURES. ORE CONSISTS OF RHODONITE, RHODOCHROSITE, BEMENTITE AND MANGANIFEROUS CHERT. GREENSTONE APPEARS TO CUT OFF CHERT CONTAINING MANGANESE, AND ORE MAY BE PART OF ROOF PENDANT IN GREENSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 322
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 65 , 200
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