The Lucky Star is a mercury, copper, and barium-barite mine located in Harney county, Oregon.
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: Mercury, Copper, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 42.3225, -118.67583
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Lucky Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Star
Secondary: Red Dome
Secondary: Fields Lode
Secondary: Stall's
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens - Pueblo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Alexander And Don Alexander
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization, Limonitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): W EDGE OF TOWNSHIP
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-J, P. 19-77
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 331.
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
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