The Lucky Chance is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah.
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Lucky Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Chance
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Alpine District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone (N 60 E; N 80 W, 30 - 60 N, 100 Ft Wide)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION ESTIMATED; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Production): PROD 1910 - 1920
References
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, AV, 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 67
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 283 - 84
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-26-1958
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