1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Lucky Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Fluorine-Fluorite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048188
MRDS ID M800256
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Lode Prospect
Alternate or previous names White Tank Mountains
Related records 10259042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59102, 33.57396 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MI NORTH OF BUCKEYE, Utm Located At Middle Of Sec 29, Unsurveyed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Tank Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003N 003W Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF TOWNSHIP ALONG WEST FLANK OF WHITE TANK MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Sphene Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 3 BULK SAMPLES: 5.6% FE, 0.76-1.18% TIO2
Result CONCENTRATE HAD 61.7% FE, 8.7% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59102, 33.57396
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30-50 NE
    Length 1609.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL NARROW DIABASE BODIES INTRUDE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Lucky Lode Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • 22 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.