Lucky Ledge Mine

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026818
MRDS ID M000414
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Ledge Mine
Related records 10283170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86096, 31.71346 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 13 AIRLINE MILES NNW OF PATAGONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(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)

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 12 NE OF NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF E FORK OF MADERA CANYON, 1.5 MILES N OF LITTLESHOT CAMP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic volcanic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike And Schist Seem To Be Parallel Jointed

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
  • General form STRINGERS
  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Veins Associated With Lamprophyric Porphyry Dike In Micaceous Quartz Schist; Coatings On Joint Planes Of Dike And Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN SCHIST INTRUDED BY PORPHYRY DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer W.P. Scott

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on development

  • OWNERS INCLUDED MADERA COPPER CO. (915)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 582, P. 175.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, LUCKY LEDGE MINE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.