The Lucky Shepard Mine is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.83583, -112.54167
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Lucky Shepard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Shepard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Desert Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Desert Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: North Trending Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings length measured in 1916
Comment (Development): BUTLER, IN 1920, REPORTED ON HIS RECONNAISSANCE WORK. THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY CONDUCTED MAPPING AND GEOPHYSICAL WORK IN 1973.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHORT ADITS AND 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): H.J. HASSELL VISITED THE MINE IN THE 1930'S AND OBSERVED LEAD-SILVER ORE IN PLACE. AFTER WWII HE REVISITED THE MINE AND THE ORE WAS GONE, INDICATING SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND DIATREMES OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDY 42.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, W.G., 1972, MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDY OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 95.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SUR.
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