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Lucky Strike Mine

Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  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 10071854
MRDS ID W015526
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Canyon 1 & 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94824, 38.75997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807
Relative position 5.7 MILES WEST - SOUTHWEST FROM FAMILY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 009E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Zippeite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94824, 38.75997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hannert Mining Co., Hanksville

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1949-1957
    Material U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U3o8, 0.09% V2o5, U Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 11000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.22 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 123

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C., BULLETIN 123

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN THE MOSS BACK MEMBER OF CHINLE FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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