Lucky Strike Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium, Zinc

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Production statistics
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10013145
MRDS ID	D009284
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lucky Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names	Patented Claims: Lucky Strike, MS 9125, Belle Valaisane, MS 13897, Mammoth, MS 13897, Horse Shoe, MS 17122, Only Chance, MS 17455, Modoc, MS 17455
Related records	10239760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-106.85368, 38.43111 (WGS84)
Elevation	2797
Relative position	8.7 MILES S26E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Colorado	Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	048N	001E	09,10	E2 OF NE OF SE (09); SW (10)	Colorado

Comments on the location information

ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CHANCE GULCH AND STUBBS GULCH 1.7 MILE NW OF IRIS . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SHAFT IN SW NE SW SW SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Secondary
Copper	Tertiary
Tellurium Critical	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

OCCURRENCE OF TE IS QUESTIONABLE; MILS LISTS ZN BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Biotite	Gangue
Fluorite	Gangue
Sericite	Gangue
Tourmaline	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	ORE IN 1933 ASSAYED 1.24 TO 1.78 OZ/TON AUG
Result	ORE IN 1934 CONTAINED 1 OZ/TON AU AND 1 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
Rock unit name	Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein
Rock description	Quartz Diorite To Quartz Monzonite Of Gold Basin;Quartz Vein

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
Rock unit name	Dubois Greenstone--Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes
Rock description	Dubois Greenstone--Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-106.85368, 38.43111	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Lulu Fault, Gold Basin Stock

Ore body information

Thickness 1.22M

Thickness	1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

Quartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1895
Discoverer	F.S. Cuenin And Pat Daly (Claimants) (Claimants)
Year of last production	1934

Mining district

District name	Green Mountain (Iris) District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Carl R. Smith

Home office Denver, Co.

First year 1949

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Carl R. Smith
Home office	Denver, Co.
First year	1949

Production statistics

Year 1933

Accuracy Accurate

Description Ap_Grade: ^Crude Ore, 0.32 Oz/Ton Au

Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage

Major Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Year

1934

Material

CONC

Accuracy

Estimate

Description

Ap_Grade: ^Crude Ore, 1 Oz/Ton Au, 1 Oz/Ton Ag

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Minor	Conc.	Silver	Silver		28g/mt
Major	Conc.	Gold	Gold		28g/mt

Year 1934

Accuracy Estimate

Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.24 To 1.78 Oz/Ton Au

Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage

Major Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt

Comments on the production information

PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. PRE-1922 PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Length 208.79M

Overall depth 51.82M

Type of workings	Underground
Length	208.79M
Overall depth	51.82M

Comments on the workings information

MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL DRIFTS. OLDER SHAFT IS 4 BY 8 FT IN SECTION AND 170 FT DEEP, SLIGHTLY INCLINED TO SW ALONG VEIN. FIRST LEVEL DEVELOPED AT 50 FT DEPTH BY 75-FT DRIFT AND STOPES. SECOND LEVEL AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT DEVELOPED BY 125-FT DRIFT TO SE AND 190-FT DRIFT TO NW. SECOND SHAFT, 450 TO 500 FT NW OF FIRST SHAFT AND ON VEIN, IS 25 FT DEEP WITH 100-FT DRIFT DEVELOPED AT BOTTOM. OLD 5-STAMP MILL LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D009284
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0080510217

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286
Deposit

HILL, J.M., 1909, NOTES ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHEASTERN GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO; USGS BULL. 380, P. 37-38.
Deposit

AFIFI, A.M., 1981, STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE IRIS DISTRICT, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 287-292.
Deposit

AFIFI, A.M., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE IRIS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2302.
Deposit

5) COLORADO DIV. OF MINES INSP. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Deposit

6) BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9125, 13897, 17122, 17455
Deposit

COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; INSPECTORS REPTS. 6/23/22, 12/12/33, 10/11/34, 5/31/49; MINE MGR. REPT. 1900, PT.1,P.285
Production

COLO. DIV. MINES AND OPERATOR REPTS. AND INSPECTORS REPTS.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ VEIN TRENDING GENERALLY N 70 W, CUTTING AND CONFINED TO METAGABBRO SILL THAT INTRUDED SCHIST GENERALLY ALONG FOLIATION THAT TRENDS N 15 TO 45 W, 55 TO 90 SW. LULU FAULT TRENDS GENERALLY N 45 W AND DISPLACES SCHIST UNIT ON SW AGAINST DUBOIS FELSITE UNIT (DACITIC MBR OF IRIS FM, IN AFIFI'S LOCAL TERMINOLOGY) ON NE. CUTTING ACROSS SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE SW OF LULU FAULT ARE BRANCHING METARHYOLITE DIKES TRENDING N 65 W AND GENERALLY N 72 W. AFIFI DESCRIBES VEINDEPOSITS ALONG LULU FAULT AS POST-METAMORPHISM EPIGENETIC, CONSISTING OF QUARTZ-PYRITE+/-BIOTITE+/-SERICITE+/-TOURMALINE+/-CARBONATE+/-FLUORITE. VEIN IS SPATIALLY AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY RELATED TO GOLD BASIN QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK TO SOUTH.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ VEIN TRENDING GENERALLY N 70 W, CUTTING AND CONFINED TO METAGABBRO SILL THAT INTRUDED SCHIST GENERALLY ALONG FOLIATION THAT TRENDS N 15 TO 45 W, 55 TO 90 SW. LULU FAULT TRENDS GENERALLY N 45 W AND DISPLACES SCHIST UNIT ON SW AGAINST DUBOIS FELSITE UNIT (DACITIC MBR OF IRIS FM, IN AFIFI'S LOCAL TERMINOLOGY) ON NE. CUTTING ACROSS SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE SW OF LULU FAULT ARE BRANCHING METARHYOLITE DIKES TRENDING N 65 W AND GENERALLY N 72 W. AFIFI DESCRIBES VEINDEPOSITS ALONG LULU FAULT AS POST-METAMORPHISM EPIGENETIC, CONSISTING OF QUARTZ-PYRITE+/-BIOTITE+/-SERICITE+/-TOURMALINE+/-CARBONATE+/-FLUORITE. VEIN IS SPATIALLY AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY RELATED TO GOLD BASIN QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK TO SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1982	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey
Updater	01-JAN-1984	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Wikidata: Q49428490 (Lucky Strike Mine)

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