The Lucky Boy Mine is a mercury mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,881 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: 7,881 Feet (2,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.38417, -112.27306
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Lucky Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Mt. Baldy Mining 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS/POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 11
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT DRIFTS, AND A BOWL SHAPED PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 47 - 48
Reference (Production): E. CALLAGHAN, 1973
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