The Lucky Strike Prospects is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.31028, -111.07972
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Lucky Strike Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: North Blue Flats Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Waterpocket Fold, Cainville Reef
Type: L
Description: Red Desert Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MINERALIZED ZONES OCCUR IN THE BASAL CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE UNIT OF THE SALT WASH. THE ZONES ARE IN SMALL NORTHWARD TRENDING CHANNEL FILL DEPOSITS. A GRAY WHITE CHERTY, LIMESTONE BED ABOUT 2 FEET THICK LIES IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE MINERALIZED ZONES.
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE THREE MINERALIZED AREAS ALONG A CLIFF FACE - MAXIMUM EXPOSURES ARE 50 , 20 , AND 30 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHALLOW ADITS, THE LARGEST ONE IS 10 FEET LONG.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 5
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L.M., 1978, NORTH BLUE FLATS AREA, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY PROSPECTOR ASSISTANCE REPORT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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