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Luckie No. 1 and 2 Claims

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
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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. 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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048299
MRDS ID M800431
Record type Site
Current site name Luckie No. 1 and 2 Claims
Related records 10186611, 10137605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.05453, 32.84789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 14.5 MILES BY ROAD NNE OF DUNCAN IN CHINA CAMP CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Camp Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 032E 03,10 SW OF SW OF SE (03); SE OF NE OF NW (10) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM COORDINATES DESCRIBE LUCKIE NO. 1 SHAFT; LUCKIE NO. 2 SHAFT IS LOCATED 0.5 MILE TO SW OF LUCKIE NO. 1. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN IS CONTAINED IN PSILOMELANE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Andesite And Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF PSILOMELANE ORE: 1.97% WO3
Result 47.4% MN
Result 15.50% BAO
Result 1.69% S102

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Teritiary Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Teritiary Volcanic Flows
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.05453, 32.84789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fluorspar Deposits Are Associated With Intrusive Rhyolite In Andesite Porphyry; Productive Fluorspar Occurs As Erratically Disposed Lenses Rarely Exceeding 100 Ft In Length And 5 Ft In Width
Type of structure Local
Structure description Medium And Coarse Fluorite Occurs In Brecciated Veins Or As Series Of Closely Spaced Veinlets Interspersed Through Brecciated Andesite Porphyry And Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike S56E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 0M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M
  • General form LENSES
    Dip 60S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein Systems At Or Near Contact Between Andesite Porphyry And Rhyolite Dike (Luckie No. 1); Se-Tranding Fissure Vein System In Fresh Andesite Porphyry (Luckie No. 2)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin Peaks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forrest Sanders , Las Cruces, Nm
    First year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1943-1947
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^67% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 67wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Period 1943-1947
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^68% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 68wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE 2 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE PRODUCTION FROM CLAIMS 2 AND 1 RESPECTIVELY; PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM W.W.I TO 1942 WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.331HA
    Length 82.3M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS ON THE LUCKIE NO. 1 CLAIM INCLUDED AN INCLINED SHAFT (SANDERS SHAFT), 120 FT TUNNEL EXTENDING EAST ALONG VEIN FROM SHAFT, 220 FT DRIFT TO DEPTH OF 80 FT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES ALONG VEIN; WORKINGS ON LUCKIE NO. 2 CLAIM CONSIST OF 6 FT BY 4 FT CRIBBED SHAFT 59 FT DEEP, GLORY HOLE 40 FT BY 20 FT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH, ABOUT 164 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; OPERATED BY BEN BILLINGSLEY (1959-?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-207.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1976, MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE AND LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PAGES 23-24.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES; LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE, LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 180, P. 349-352.

  • Deposit

    AR1Z BUR MINES BULL 114, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDES: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, P. 1-55.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    TRACE, R.D. 1947

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000771 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit LUCKIE NO. 1 VEIN IS ABOUT 7-8 FT WIDE, NARROWING TO LESS THAN 1 FT WIDE TO THE SOUTH; FLUORITE VEINLETS REACH 1 INCH THICKNESS AND ARE SCATTERED IRREGULARLY THROUGH QUARTZ-RICH PART OF VEIN. SECONDARY COATINGS AND STRINGERS OF PSILOMELANE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORSPAR; LUCKIE NO. 1 VEIN CONSISTS OF A BRECCIA OF SILICIFIED VOLCANIC ROCK CEMENTED BY QUARTZ AND FLUORSPAR WITH ABUNDANT IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES IN PLACE; FLUORITE COMMONLY OCCURS AS WELL-DEVELOPED CUBES IN VEINLETS; FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER REGIONAL FAULTING; LUCKIE NO 1 VEIN SYSTEM IS WELL-EXPOSED AS LOW QUARTZ RIDGES CONTAINING POCKETS OF FLUORSPAR; LUCKIE NO. 2 VEIN IS RARELY EXPOSED ON SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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