Mine detail: Lucky Boy Mine

Previously called 'Mountain King'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46048, -118.66457

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Linarite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation
Host type:	Marble,Greenstone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Fracture. Post-Mineral Movement Has Produced Gouge Along Hanging Wall, And Has Crushed The Vein Material.
Alteration processes:	Silicified Wallrock

References

MRDS	M233199
DEP	10045455
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941}{Deposit:: HILL, 1915, MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.}{Production:: ROSS, 1961}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E.