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Good Luck Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027628
MRDS ID M003589
Record type Site
Current site name Good Luck Mine
Alternate or previous names Good Luck Spar
Related records 10258895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72325, 33.882 (WGS84)
Relative position 13.5 MILES SE OF WICKENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickenburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 004W 07 SW OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION BASED ON USBM MILS; PROPERTY ADJACENT TO WEST END AND NEAR MAMMOTH SPAR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result RUNS AS HIGH AS 75% CALCIUM FLUORIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72325, 33.882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arthur Nickle
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel And Campbell
    First year 1945

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period To 1944
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^81% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 81wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE INCLINED SHAFTS: 35, 50, AND 93 FEET DEEP; ALSO PITS AND TRENCHES; OPEN CUT 10 FEET LONG

Comments on development

  • TWO CLAIMS: THE GOOD LUCK AND GOOD LUCK NO. 1; ADJACENT WEST END MINE ALSO OWNED BY DANIEL AND CAMPBELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA (GOOD LUCK AND BIG SPAR)

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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