Lucky Strike 8 - 9

The Lucky Strike 8 - 9 is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,541 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

Name: Lucky Strike 8 - 9  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 4,541 Feet (1,384 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.75778, -110.70361

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Lucky Strike 8 - 9 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Strike 8 - 9
Secondary: Shitamaring Mine


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./South/Shootaring


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

Owner Name: Plateau Resources


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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: PODLIKE TO LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns. Basin

Type: L
Description: South Flank Little Rockies Syncline


Alterations

Not available


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
Ore: Roscoelite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GOOD POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ORE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE CONTAINS VANADIUM AS WELL

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 16 .

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS AND INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING 1967 URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING 1975 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS - SP. ST. 22

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 133


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