The Lucky Strike Claim is a uranium mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 33.94278, -112.51694
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Lucky Strike Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: White Picacho District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: J. Richie And J. Russell
Years: 1951 -
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP CONTAINED 0.025% EU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M001826 WITH RE CORD M800241 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Commodity): NO RECOGNIZABLE URANIUM MINERALS
Comment (Workings): 1 60 FT TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): ORE MAY HAVE FORMED PODS OR POCKETS IN THE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, 1950'S, USAEC PRELIM RECON REPT PRR-386 1?
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, 1952, ABM BULL 162.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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