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Luckie No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186611
MRDS ID M800431
MAS/MILS ID 0040110017
Record type Site
Current site name Luckie No. 2 Mine
Related records 10048299, 10137605

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.05814, 32.84371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Camp Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 S 032 E 10 SENENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S57E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 168M
    Width 21M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip S57E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forrest Sanders
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRACE 1947 USGS STRATEGIC MIN INV PRELIM RPT 3-207 P 1-6 2 M

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI 1971 ARIZ FLUORSPAR AZ DEPT MIN RES PHOENIX P 2

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR MINES BULL 180 P 349-52 1968

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR MINES CIRC 15 P 2-9 1950 WILSON

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR MINES BULL 114 P 6 1921 ALLEN & BUTLER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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