Mine detail: Luckie No. 1 and 2 Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

32.84789, -109.05453

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Manganese, Tungsten, Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Barite, Bertrandite, Fluorite, Psilomelane
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Teritiary Volcanic Flows
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Fluorspar Deposits Are Associated With Intrusive Rhyolite In Andesite Porphyry; Productive Fluorspar Occurs As Erratically Disposed Lenses Rarely Exceeding 100 Ft In Length And 5 Ft In Width, Medium And Coarse Fluorite Occurs In Brecciated Veins Or As Series Of Closely Spaced Veinlets Interspersed Through Brecciated Andesite Porphyry And Gouge
Tectonic:	Mule Creek Mountain Foothills
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Andesite And Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M800431
DEP	10048299
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-207.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1976, MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE AND LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PAGES 23-24.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE, LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 180, P. 349-352.}{Deposit:: AR1Z BUR MINES BULL 114, P. 6.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.}{Deposit:: HEWITT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDES: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, P. 1-55.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: TRACE, R.D. 1947}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.