Mine detail: Lucky Boy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.37299, -114.67983

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Copper, Antimony, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: SEAMS, STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics-Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Abc Fault
Alteration processes:Sericite

References

MRDSW014325
MAS160370314
DEP10071105
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.}{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.}{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 .}{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.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539}{Deposit:: 1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83}{Deposit:: BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907, P. 77.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 450, P. 212.}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES - GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, P. 22}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), McHugh, Edward L.