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Lucky Strike Mine

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055173
MRDS ID RE00216
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01391, 39.80827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 10,700 FT N45E OF STUDHORSE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W 05 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group;Kanosh Shale;
    Rock description Pogonip Group;Kanosh Shale;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01391, 39.80827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Johnson Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer S.S. Worthington

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gash Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.014HA
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LUCKY STRIKE ADIT TRENDS 165 FT DUE WEST. A SHAFT (UNKNOWN DEPTH) HAS BEEN SUNK ABOUT 900 FT WEST OF THIS ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL 99, PP. 62-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS INTERSECT SEVERAL FRACTURE ZONES THAT STRIKE GENERALLY N 1-5 W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Blackett, Robert, E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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