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Lucky Luke Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102022
MRDS ID DC11286
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Luke Mine
Alternate or previous names Royal Copper, L and N

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48295, 47.65931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 8 MI NW OF THOMPSON FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belknap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 022N 030W 18 SE 1/4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI W OF BELKNAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48295, 47.65931
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1.0 OZ AU, AG 44 OZ, 5,631 LBS CU

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name White Pine (Eagle, Beaver Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky Lode Mining Co

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.0198 Oz/Ton Au, 0.86 Oz/Ton Ag, 5.52 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 6wt-pct
    Silver Silver 24g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1931 PUBLICATION NOTED THAT TWO CARS OF COPPER ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION AT THAT TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • WHEN VISITED IN 1960 , WORKINGS WERE INACCESSIBLE. SIZE OF DUMPS INDICATED 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 1911 PUBLICATION REPORTED THAT 12 CLAIMS WERE HELD BY THE ROYAL COPPER MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 7 , 56 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-07-1963

  • Production

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 56 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1911 PUBLICATION REPORTED VEIN 18 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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