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Lucky Strike Claims

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. 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 10093622
MRDS ID W015659
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Claims
Alternate or previous names Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6053, 43.4697 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 19 MI SW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inferno Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craters of the Moon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Craters of the Moon National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 024E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN FIRST LARGE GULCH W OF LITTLE COTTONWOOD SINKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Fe Stains, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Latite;Granite Porphyry Stock
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Latite;Granite Porphyry Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6053, 43.4697
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS RELOCATED AS LUCKY STRIKE IN 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, 70 P

  • Deposit

    1929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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