Lucy L Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth, Copper, Tellurium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098084
MRDS ID DC15181
Record type Site
Current site name Lucy L Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82362, 40.1391 (WGS84)
Elevation 1815
Relative position 2400 FT N33W OF LUCKY DAY KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 12 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Axinite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Zoisite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Allanite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Kaolinitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale;Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale;Oquirrh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82362, 40.1391

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And A Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 IMPORTANT ADITS AND 2 DEEP SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    1981 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL SURVEY FILES

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177, P. 140

  • Reserve-Resource

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTION IS OF GOLD-BISMUTH ORE BODY FOUND IN PRINCIPAL WORKING 225 FT FROM PORTAL. TUNGSTEN-COPPER ORE BODY IS 4 FT THICK, 100 FT. LONG, VERTICAL DIP STRIKING NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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