Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026839
MRDS ID M000491
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Related records 10258235

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.84402, 33.21926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT 3/4 OF A MI. SW OF PIONEER STAGE STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 015E 31,32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES EQUIVALENT TO 0.10 AND 0.13 % U3 O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite (Upper Member)
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite (Upper Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.84402, 33.21926

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Rocks In The Area Are Tilted S. By Nw-Trending Block Faults And Shattered By Joints.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 25 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucky Boy District

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.13 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.16 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION INCLUDED BULLDOZING SHALLOW CUTS AND WAGON DRILLING 13 VERTICAL HOLES, AND TWO ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1046 -P, P. 472 .

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1957, URANIUM OCCURRENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, PUBLICATION RME-2071.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, PUBLICATION RME-2071 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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