Description
Guy E. Pritchard
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Lead
TertiaryAntimony, Barium-Barite, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHOOTS AND LENSES
Ore controlOre Occurs In Small Lenses And Large Shoots With Persistent Pitch To The West At Sleep Angles. Bodies Closely Related To Branch Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Gold
GangueSphalerite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Limestone · Excelsior Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructureVein Occurs In Irregular Fracture Near North Contact Of Body Of Intrusive Granodiorite In Limestone
AlterationContact Metamorphosed Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10037419
MRDS IDM035114
Alternate namesLucky Boy Vein, Mountain King Nbmg # 3747
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.4602, -118.67596
References
HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIF. AND NORTHERN NEVADA, USGSBULL. 594 , PP 153 - 154VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 1937 , PP 35 - 38ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 TABLE 6.8TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6-1-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)1913 RECON JAMES M. HILL USGS BULL. 59