Lucky Strike #2 Claim

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021270
MRDS ID DC15425
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike #2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33886, 37.23665 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTH THOMPSON, THOMPSON, COBB, NEWTON, NICHOLS AND MCNALLY MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33886, 37.23665

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SANDSTONE IS WHITE AND FINE-GRAIN. AT THE SOUTH THOMPSON MINE, THE SANDSTONE CONTAINS 1/8 TO 1/2 INCH CLAY GALLS. AT THE COBB MINE, THE SANDSTONE CONTAINS GREEN TO GRAY CLAY GALLS AND BALLS UP TO ONE FOOT THICK. AT THE NICHOLS MINE, THE SILVER ORE OCCURS IN HIGHLY SLICKENSLIDED FRACTURES OF A "SOAPSTONE" BED. IN THE NEWTON MINE, FOUR FEET ABOVE THE SILVER BEARING ZONE IS A 2 - 5 FEET BED OF MALACHITE - AZURITE PLANT REPLACEMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harrisburg

Comments on the workings information

  • THE AREA INCLUDES 4000 FT OF WORKINGS. EACH MINE HAS AN ADIT. THE THOMPSON ADIT IS 200 FT LONG WITH A 160 FT INCLINE. THE COBB INCLINE SHAFT IS 500 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUGARD, 1951, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SILVER BEARING HORIZONS IN THE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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