The Lucky Boy Prospect is a copper mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 6,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.99722, -111.83333
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Lucky Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Boy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Farmington 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault To West
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN: AU-.01 OUNCE, AG-.6 OUNCE, CU-38 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED FISSURE HAS A STEEP SOUTHERLY DIP
Comment (Workings): BY 1942 THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS ON THE WEST SLOPE OF MILLER CREEK ROUGHLY 150 FEET ABOVE THE CANYON MOUTH. THE UPPER ADIT WAS 120 FEET LONG WITH A FORTY FOOT WINZE FIFTY FEET INSIDE THE PORTAL, SOME DRIFTING HAD BEEN DONE FROM THE WINZE. THE LOWER ADIT (100 FEET LOWER) WAS CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BURANEK, A.M., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LUCKY BOY AND UTAH PIOCHE MINES, FARMINGTON MINING DISTRICT, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR 18,8 P.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901, VOL. 3, P. 22.
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