Mine detail: Lucky Discovery Mine

Previously called 'Lucky Moon MineFlorence, MS 19545Patented Claims: Old Comfort, MS 18996Trails End, MS 18996Right Guard, MS 18996Golden Stairs, MS 18996June Bug, MS 19471Industry, MS 19504F.W., 19545Noonday, MS 19545Navajo, MS 19545'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.37584, -108.09371

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Manganese, Tellurium, Mercury, Antimony
Ore:	Coloradoite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Petzite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Parrott Fault System
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010836
DEP	10014176
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219. P. 73-76, 139-140, PL. 24.}{Deposit:: REED, J.R., 1936, REPORT ON THE LUCKY DISCOVERY MINE COMPANY, LA PLATA COUNTY: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 3 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 18996, 19471, 19504, 19545}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 139 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.