Mine detail: Lucky Boy

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.39219, -112.28106

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Selenium, Gold, Tellurium
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR LENS
Other material:	Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M055174
DEP	10040410
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. 88TH CONGRESS 2ND SESS. 1964 COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, COMM. PRINT 26-976}{Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1912, QUICKSILVER IN 1911, PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, ADVANCE CHAPTER FROM MINERAL RESOURCES OF UNITED STATES FOR 1911, P. 28-29.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.