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Lucky Strike Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234230
MRDS ID M001728
MAS/MILS ID 0040030175
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado N.F. Part 8.
Related records 10027019

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.31816, 31.46344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 020 E 04 C N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • A FLUORINE MINE OF THE SAME NAME (SEQ. NO. 0040030292) IS LOCATED AT LAT N312814, LON 1095903.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.31816, 31.46344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 25W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N00E:25W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910910

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name New Reef

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Tungsten Corp.
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 66

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B. ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    LUDINGTON, STEVE, 1984, USGS OFR 84-293, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, AZBGMT BULL 148, P. 47-48.

  • Deposit

    TUFTIN, S.E., ARMSTRONG, R.C., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 1-94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-NOV-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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