The Lucky Strike Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,928 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,928 Feet (1,807 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.76, -110.94750
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Lucky Strike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Mine
Secondary: Big Canyon 1 & 2
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hannert Mining Co., Hanksville
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1949-1957
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U3o8, 0.09% V2o5, U Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1949
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR - BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Zippeite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 5
Comment (Reserve-Resource): STUDY NEEDED
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN THE MOSS BACK MEMBER OF CHINLE FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 123
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C., BULLETIN 123
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, 1977
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