The Lucky Strike is a silver mine located in Judith Basin county, Montana.
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Lucky Strike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Judith Basin
District: Barker Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NO MILL TAILINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. A MINOR DISCHARGE FROM THE ON-SITE ADIT WAS OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS OR MONTANA NUMERIC WATER QUALITY STANDARDS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. THE DISCHARGE COMBINED WITH AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY WHICH FLOWED OVER AND THROUGH THE WASTE DUMP AND THEN DISCHARGED TO GALENA CREEK. A SECOND SURFACE WATER SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM THE DISCHARGE AFTER FLOWING THROUGH THE WASTE ROCK DUMP. THERE WERE NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL EXCEEDANCES. SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE IN GALENA CREEK. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED FOR CADMIUM AND ANTIMONY IN BOTH THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SAMPLES. THERE WAS LITTLE STREAM BANK VEGETATION OBSERVED, AND PREDOMINANT IRON OXIDE STAINING WAS EVIDENT DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THERE WAS A SHAFT OBSERVED ABOVE THE ADIT WHICH HAD CAVED AND POSES A SAFETY HAZARD.
References
Reference (Deposit): FIGURE 25, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 752, 1973,
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-114.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
