Lucky Boy Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Lead, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020910
MRDS ID DC14253
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy Mine
Related records 10203129

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1408, 40.48716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 13,300 FT. N16W OF BRECCIA KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 01 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF LUCKITE 1.9% MNO, 0.2% MGO, 21.7% FEO, 26.3% SO3, 0.5% CAO 7.2% INSOLUBLES, 42% H2O
Result ANALYSIS OF MALLARIDITE 25.6% MNO, 28.9% SO3, 45.5% H2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonites
    Rock description Monzonites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Butterfield Peaks Formation
    Rock description Butterfield Peaks Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1408, 40.48716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures And Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED; MINERALIZATION IS ALONG FISSURES IN ALTERED HOSTROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANALYTICAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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