Lucky Star Mine

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020848
MRDS ID DC14112
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Tip Top Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5708, 41.68632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5300 FT SW OF MUD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 003E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mid Camb Bloomington Formation
    Rock description Mid Camb Bloomington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5708, 41.68632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bear River Range Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradise District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1908-1920
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^46.3 Perc. Pb, 1.5 Cu, 3.9 Oz. Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 110g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 46wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESOURCE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 149.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV. OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. ET.AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., PT. 2, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,J.S., 1958, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, CACHE CO.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 64, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    5) PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 163.

  • Production

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF PA. 111.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references