The Lucky Strike Mine is a uranium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,781 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.49694, -112.21500
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Lucky Strike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Durkee District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Along The Rhyolite-Quartz Monzonite Contact.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 7 .
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE & W UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 21 , P. 115 .
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