Lucky Strike Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027019
MRDS ID M001728
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Related records 10234230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3176, 31.46375 (WGS84)
Relative position IN UPPER BROWN CANYON, NEAR MILITARY RES. 9.7 KM SOUTH AND 0.8 KM WEST OF SIERRA VISTA.

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 023S 020E 04 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3176, 31.46375

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 25W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Reef District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SOME GOLD ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S. PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE TUNGSTEN ORE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND A MINOR AMOUNT IN THE 1950'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AND TUNNEL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. M. BULL 148, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAKS OF SCHEELITE, SPOTTY GALENA, AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE ALONG THE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF A QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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