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Lucky Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Davis county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088717
MRDS ID M058266
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.83413, 40.99716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 12,650 FT N 20 W OF BOUNTIFUL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bountiful Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Utah Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 001E 15 NW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN: AU-.01 OUNCE, AG-.6 OUNCE, CU-38 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.83413, 40.99716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault To West

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farmington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1942 THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS ON THE WEST SLOPE OF MILLER CREEK ROUGHLY 150 FEET ABOVE THE CANYON MOUTH. THE UPPER ADIT WAS 120 FEET LONG WITH A FORTY FOOT WINZE FIFTY FEET INSIDE THE PORTAL, SOME DRIFTING HAD BEEN DONE FROM THE WINZE. THE LOWER ADIT (100 FEET LOWER) WAS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURANEK, A.M., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LUCKY BOY AND UTAH PIOCHE MINES, FARMINGTON MINING DISTRICT, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR 18,8 P.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901, VOL. 3, P. 22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FISSURE HAS A STEEP SOUTHERLY DIP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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