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Good Luck Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026806
MRDS ID M000352
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92679, 31.69124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position AGUA CALIENTE CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 014E 17;20 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92679, 31.69124
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Probably Controlled By Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Tyndall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Concentrated 20:1 To Yield 28 Oz. Au Per Ton, 13 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And 16% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 791g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 16wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 191

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN OXIDIZED PYRITIC ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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