The Lucky Six Claims is a copper, lead, uranium, and ree mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Uranium, REE
Lat, Long: 58.75972, -135.25278
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Lucky Six Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Six Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Uranium
Primary: REE
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/William Henry Bay
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.2% EU REPORTED IN ONE SAMPLE, USGS BULL 1155, P. 44
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Thorianite
Ore: Euxenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALASKA ENDICOTT MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): RADIOACTIVE ANOMALY DETECTED FROM THE AIR IN THE 1950'S; 30 LODE AND 20 PLACER CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS CARRYING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, ILMENITE, THORIANITE AND EUXENITE; NEARBY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE IN "CHERTY ROCK"
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY SHALLOW PITS AND ONE DIAMOND DRILL HOLE
Comment (Location): ADGGS GR44, FIG. 4; CENTER OF CLAIM GROUP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE INTO PALEOZOIC VOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; AREAL EXTENT OF INTRUSIVE: 3/4 SQ MI
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-303, SAMPLE 15
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 44, P. 12, 14-17
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J027
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-027
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1155, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 162
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 714, P. 112
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