Lucky Strike Mine

The Lucky Strike Mine is a gold mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,177 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Strike Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Lucky Strike, MS 9125
Secondary: Belle Valaisane, MS 13897
Secondary: Mammoth, MS 13897
Secondary: Horse Shoe, MS 17122
Secondary: Only Chance, MS 17455
Secondary: Modoc, MS 17455

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Green Mountain (Iris) District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Carl R. Smith
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1949 -

Production

Year: 1934
Material type: CONC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Crude Ore, 1 Oz/Ton Au, 1 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1934
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 1.24 To 1.78 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1933
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Crude Ore, 0.32 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iris Syncline, Lulu Fault, Gold Basin Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE IN 1934 CONTAINED 1 OZ/TON AU AND 1 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: ORE IN 1933 ASSAYED 1.24 TO 1.78 OZ/TON AUG

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Biotite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL DRIFTS. OLDER SHAFT IS 4 BY 8 FT IN SECTION AND 170 FT DEEP, SLIGHTLY INCLINED TO SW ALONG VEIN. FIRST LEVEL DEVELOPED AT 50 FT DEPTH BY 75-FT DRIFT AND STOPES. SECOND LEVEL AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT DEVELOPED BY 125-FT DRIFT TO SE AND 190-FT DRIFT TO NW. SECOND SHAFT, 450 TO 500 FT NW OF FIRST SHAFT AND ON VEIN, IS 25 FT DEEP WITH 100-FT DRIFT DEVELOPED AT BOTTOM. OLD 5-STAMP MILL LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CHANCE GULCH AND STUBBS GULCH 1.7 MILE NW OF IRIS . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SHAFT IN SW NE SW SW SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. PRE-1922 PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ VEIN TRENDING GENERALLY N 70 W, CUTTING AND CONFINED TO METAGABBRO SILL THAT INTRUDED SCHIST GENERALLY ALONG FOLIATION THAT TRENDS N 15 TO 45 W, 55 TO 90 SW. LULU FAULT TRENDS GENERALLY N 45 W AND DISPLACES SCHIST UNIT ON SW AGAINST DUBOIS FELSITE UNIT (DACITIC MBR OF IRIS FM, IN AFIFI'S LOCAL TERMINOLOGY) ON NE. CUTTING ACROSS SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE SW OF LULU FAULT ARE BRANCHING METARHYOLITE DIKES TRENDING N 65 W AND GENERALLY N 72 W. AFIFI DESCRIBES VEINDEPOSITS ALONG LULU FAULT AS POST-METAMORPHISM EPIGENETIC, CONSISTING OF QUARTZ-PYRITE+/-BIOTITE+/-SERICITE+/-TOURMALINE+/-CARBONATE+/-FLUORITE. VEIN IS SPATIALLY AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY RELATED TO GOLD BASIN QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK TO SOUTH.

Comment (Commodity): OCCURRENCE OF TE IS QUESTIONABLE; MILS LISTS ZN BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED

References

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1909, NOTES ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHEASTERN GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO; USGS BULL. 380, P. 37-38.

Reference (Deposit): AFIFI, A.M., 1981, STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE IRIS DISTRICT, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 287-292.

Reference (Deposit): AFIFI, A.M., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE IRIS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2302.

Reference (Deposit): 5) COLORADO DIV. OF MINES INSP. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): 6) BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 9125, 13897, 17122, 17455

Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; INSPECTORS REPTS. 6/23/22, 12/12/33, 10/11/34, 5/31/49; MINE MGR. REPT. 1900, PT.1,P.285

Reference (Production): COLO. DIV. MINES AND OPERATOR REPTS. AND INSPECTORS REPTS.

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