Lucky Tuesday Prospect

The Lucky Tuesday Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Tuesday Prospect
Secondary: Magnum Tin Corporation

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Wolf Lodge District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: James R. Strohm, Magnum Tin Corp.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: STRINGERS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Text: Silicified

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: EST. BEST EXPOSURE TO RUN .5 % WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Antimony
Ore: Bismuth
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): 4 Unpatented Claims. Mill.

Comment (Location): Approximate Location

Comment (Workings): In 1966 , 1 Tunnel With 3 Crosscuts 6 To 80 Ft Long.

Comment (Deposit): Prospect On Strike Of Structure Through Elk Property.

References

Reference (Deposit): Powers, Harold A., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 2 P.

Reference (Deposit): Hansen, O. T., 1966 , 66 Th Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1966 , State Mine Inspector, Boise, P. 84

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., 1964 , Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1 , P. 223 - 233

Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V.C. & Hutchinson, M.W., 1954, Economic Geology, V 49, No 7, Pp 75

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