The Lucky Lode Prospect is a iron and titanium, metal mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Lat, Long: 33.57389, -112.59028
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Lucky Lode Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Lode Prospect
Secondary: White Tank Mountains
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATE HAD 61.7% FE, 8.7% TIO2
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 3 BULK SAMPLES: 5.6% FE, 0.76-1.18% TIO2
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Sphene
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF TOWNSHIP ALONG WEST FLANK OF WHITE TANK MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Development): 22 CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): SMALL NARROW DIABASE BODIES INTRUDE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, R.T., AND VARGA, R.J., 1976, MAPS SHOWING NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-845-J, SCALE 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, 1964, USBM IC 8236, P. 71-72.
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