USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Lucky Boy Mine West
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Lucky Boy Vein, Mountain King Nbmg # 3747
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Vein Occurs In Irregular Fracture Near North Contact Of Body Of Intrusive Granodiorite In Limestone Alteration: Contact Metamorphosed Limestone Deposit: Average width of vein is between 2 and 3 1/2 feet. main vein at the surface is 6 ft. …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 13 shaft symbols
- 13 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- J. H. Miller · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Sphalerite
- Argentite
- Galena
- Gold
- Acanthite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
View all 18 reported minerals
- Sphalerite
- Argentite
- Galena
- Gold
- Acanthite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Diorite
- Galena
- Greenstone
- Limestone
- Native Gold
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (13)
- mapped adit symbols (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 431756
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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