Good Luck Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026821
MRDS ID M000421
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Rita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70595, 31.46514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position NEAR TRENCH CAMP, HARSHAW CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 3 CENTER OF E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized Near The Surface

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone;
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70595, 31.46514

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, SPOTTY, IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE PYROMETASOMATIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Tonnage 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 Lead Lead 16wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 791g/mt
  • Year 1950
    Period 1950'S
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 7% Zn, 6% Pb, 2% Cu, And 6 Oz. Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 169g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • WORKED MAINLY BY LESSEES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 85, 79.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, U.S.G.S. MAP I 614

  • 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-OCT-1981 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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