Mine detail: Lucky Boy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.48716, -112.1408

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese, Iron
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Butterfield Peaks Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonites
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Fold
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC14253
DEP	10020910
Reference	{Deposit:: BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS}{Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan