South Lucky Chance Prospects

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095646
MRDS ID M058851
Record type Site
Current site name South Lucky Chance Prospects
Related records 10055109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.48525, 37.70775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 3700 FEET N 76 W FROM THE 7416 PEAK IN THE NW CORNER OF SEC 6, T 36 S, R 14 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 015W 36 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Either The Cretaceous Iron Springs Or Eocene Claron
    Rock description Either The Cretaceous Iron Springs Or Eocene Claron

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.48525, 37.70775

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Stockwork Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 70
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest Striking Stockwork Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABUNDANT QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Range District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.

  • Deposit

    MCINTOSH, S., UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS IN PROGRESS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED IN PORTION OF LARGE QUARTZ-CHALCEDONY STOCKWORK ZONE. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF CU-STAIN AND GOSSAN IN STOCKWORK ZONE. ABUNDANT QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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